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Definitional Dilemma: Can and Should There Be a Universal Definition of White Collar Crime? Proceedings of the Academic Workshop

NCJ Number
166244
Editor(s)
J Helmkamp, R Ball, K Townsend
Date Published
1996
Length
360 pages
Annotation
Approximately 30 academic experts convened at a 3-day workshop in 1996 to discuss the definitional dilemma surrounding white collar crime.
Abstract
Purposes of the workshop were to discuss the many differing opinions on the definition of white collar crime and to formulate a working definition that could be operationalized by members of the National White Collar Crime Center. Workshop participants emphasized the importance of placing white collar crime on the national agenda. The first group of papers looked at the role of the collective in defining white collar crime and the convergence of organized and white collar crime. The second group of papers looked at specific definitions of white collar crime; offense-based versus offender-based definitions of white collar crime; the paradigm shift from white collar crime to elite deviance; and the significance of status, power, and responsibility in the study of white collar crime. The third group of papers explored the impact of technology-based crime on definitions of white collar crime, while the fourth group of papers discussed various types of white collar crime (corporate, organizational, occupational, organized, political, and professional). References