Why do the rich become even richer? Macro-level explanation of the causes of white-collar crime Cover Image

Zašto bogati postaju još bogatiji? Makro-nivo eksplanacija uzroka kriminala visokopozicioniranih i uglednih ličnosti
Why do the rich become even richer? Macro-level explanation of the causes of white-collar crime

Author(s): Mirza Buljubašić
Subject(s): Evaluation research, Criminology, Business Ethics, Socio-Economic Research, Corruption - Transparency - Anti-Corruption
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka - Univerzitet u Sarajevu
Keywords: crime; criminology; theory; white-collar; macro-theory; collar;

Summary/Abstract: Although Edwin Sutherland coined the term ‘white-collar crime’ in his presidential address to the American Sociological Society in December 1939, scholarly consideration of the subject precedes that date considerably. However, white-collar criminality is often observed with indiference by the public and has been neglected by most academics in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aim of this paper is to build on Sutherland’s insights by addressesing different propositions and empirical research on white-collar crime derived from five macro-theories of crime. It is about crimes, mostly economic offenses, committed by and against businesses: why they are committed and, to some extent, how to control white-collar crime? The paper concludes that there is no universal explanation why ‘good’ people do ‘dirty’ work.

  • Issue Year: VII/2018
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 7-37
  • Page Count: 31
  • Language: Bosnian