COLLEGE: V. N.

PATIL LAW COLLEGE

SUBJECT: PENOLOGY
TOPIC: WHITE COLLAR CRIME
PRESENTED BY
VISHAL V. UDHAN
LLM 1ST YEAR
CRIMINAL LAW

OBJECTIVES

ORIGIN OF WHITE COLLAR

CRIMINALS
MEANING
DEFINATION
TYPES
EXAMPLEs
ATTITUDE OF INDIAN JUDICIARY

ORIGIN OF WHITE COLLAR CRIMINALS

white collar criminal is an illegal act

committed by middle or upper class persons in
conjunction with their ordinary occupational
pursuits

The term which has no legal significance, was

first popularized by the American criminologist
Edwin H. Sutherland in his classic paper white
collar criminality in 1940.

MEANING
White collar criminals denotes an array
of fraudulent schemes, corruptions and
commercial offences perpetrated by
cheater business man and official alike.
Its current range includes a broad
range of non violence offences where
cheating dishonesty and corruption are
the central element of crime.

DEFINITION
SUTHURLAND
:WHITE-COLLER
CRIME
IS
COMMITTED BY A PERSON RESPECTABLE AND HIGH
SOCIAL
STATUS
IN
THE
COURSE
OF
THEIR
OCCUPATION. AFTER SOME TIME HE MODIFIED HIS
DEFINITION AND SAID, WHITE-COLLER CRIME IS
COMMITTED BY A PERSON OF UPPER SOCIO-ECONOMIC
CLASS, WHO VIOLATES CRIMINAL LAW IN THE COURSE
OF HIS OCCUPATION AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES.
*PAUL TAPPAN :- WHITE-COLLER CRIME IS A SPECIAL
TYPE OF SOLITARY PROFESSIONAL CRIMINALITY. IT
INVOLVES REAL VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL LAWSYSTEMATICALLY OR REPEATEDLY BY BUSINESS,
PROFESSIONAL AND CLERICAL WORKERS IN ADDITION
TO THEIR OCCUPATION

TYPES
OCCUPATIONAL CRIME
ORGANIZATIONAL AND CORPORATE
CRIME

CONT..
OCCUPATIONAL CRIME:

It occurs when crimes are committed to promot

personal interests.

Crimes that fall in to this category

includes,
Altering books by accountants.
Overcharging or cheating clients by lawyers.
Usually it occurs when employees come across an
opportunity to make extra money by breakin g the
rules.

CONT..

ORGANIZATIONAL OR CORPORATE CRIME:

A much more costly type of white collar crime

occurs when corporate executives commit
criminal acts to benefit their company. There
are a variety of corporate crime that include:
Creation of inferior products.
Pollution.
Price fixing.

CONT.

There is one more type of white

collar crime, which is called
government crime is also part
of organized crime.
It means
illegal
and
social
injurious
cooperation
between
governments
and
corporate
institutions.

EXAMPLES

Pollution.
Fraud.
Blackmail.
Bribery.
Etc.

CONCLUSION
WHITE-COLLER

CRIME IS VERY DANGER OFFENCE IN

THE SOCIETY.
IT HELPS FOR CORRUPTION IN THE COUNTRY, THE
MIDDLE AND UPPER CLASS PERSONS COMMITED THIS
CRIME. HIGH EDUCATED PERSON COMMITED FRAUD,
EXTORTION, BLACKMAILING ETC.
THESE TYPE OF CRIMES ARE ALSO HELPS FOR
CORRUPTION IN THE COUNTRY. AND DEATH PENALTY
SHOULD BE REMAINED FOR WHITE-COLLER CRIME.