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WHO IS THE CRIMINAL - (FROM WHITE-COLLAR CRIMINAL - THE OFFENDER IN BUSINESS AND THE PROFESSIONS, 1968 BY G GEIS - SEE NCJ-39155)

NCJ Number
39165
Author(s)
P W TAPPAN
Date Published
1968
Length
11 pages
Annotation
THIS PAPER CONSIDERS A FEW OF THE SCHISMS OF THOUGHT RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF 'CRIME' AND 'CRIMINAL', WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO 'WHITE COLLAR CRIME'.
Abstract
HE MAINTAINS THAT THE 'WHITE COLLAR CRIMINAL', THE VIOLATOR OF CONDUCT NORMS, AND THE ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY ARE NOT CRIMINAL IN ANY SENSE MEANINGFUL TO THE SOCIAL SCIENTIST UNLESS HE HAS VIOLATED A CRIMINAL STATUTE, AND THAT HE CANNOT BE KNOWN AS SUCH UNLESS HE HAS BEEN PROPERLY CONVICTED....ELW

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