White Collar Crimes Vis-A-Vis Other Crimes

This paper provides the detail about how the white collar crimes are related to other crimes such as occupational crimes, corporate crimes etc and also how the white collar crimes are differentiated from crimes such as blue collar crimes, organized crimes, cyber crimes etc. Basically, White collar crimes are the crimes committed by the person of respectability and high social status during the course of their occupation. Due to the advancement of technology and growth of education in present era, white collar crimes are increasing day by day. In terms of comparison, the instances of white collar crimes are more than conventional types of crimes. Thus, the main motive behind these crimes is to have financial gain. This has also resulted that even the people belonging to middle class and lower class has started committing white collar crimes. Our analysis of White-collar crime will distinguish between an individual who steals, defraud and cheat through occupational context and those who commit the different types of offenses attributed to business enterprises.