CJ403 Week1Assignment .docx CJ 403 What Did Sutherland Know Grantham University What

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CJ403 Week1Assignment .docx CJ 403 What Did Sutherland Know Grantham University What Did Sutherland Know? The pioneer behind the study of white-collar crimes is Edwin Sutherland, in 1939 he int... roduced the concept of white-collar crimes. The concept was introduced as a presentation to the American Sociological Association. In 1949 his book which is now considered as a classic by the name of, White Collar Crime, he gives a description such as crime that has been committed by a person that has a high social status and who has the quality of being proper, correct, and socially acceptable in the time period of their occupation. There was more attention that was focused on the facts of how people that were from all classes such as social and economic committed criminal acts. This is where the term would be useful to make known the importance of occupational statuses that were given to individuals. The debates come . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Show More]

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