THE CHIEF CRITERION FOR A CRIME TO BE 'WHITE-COLLAR', ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, IS THAT IT OCCURS AS A PART OF, OR A DEVIATION FROM, THE VIOLATOR'S OCCUPATIONAL ROLE. IT IS NOTED THAT THE VAST BULK OF WHITE-COLLAR LEGISLATION IS REGULATORY RATHER THAN PENAL IN PHILOSOPHY, IS ADMINISTRATIVE IN PROCEDURE, AND BY ITS QUALIFICATIONS IS DIRECTED CHIEFLY TOWARD THE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CLASSES OF OUR SOCIETY. THE MANY THEORIES OF WHITE-COLLAR CRIME CAUSATION ARE EXAMINED, FROM SUTHERLAND'S DIFFERENTIAL ASSOCIATION THEORY TO THEORIES OF SOCIAL CLASS VARIATION OF COMMON CRIMINAL MOTIVES. VIEWS ON THE POSSIBLE APPROACHES TO CURB THESE WHITE-COLLAR CRIMES ARE ALSO DISCUSSED....DMC