The Rise of White Collar Crime: A Theoretical Perspective

White Collar Crime is becoming a much bigger problem in today's society than it was in the past. Factors that contribute to the increase of white collar crimes include advances in technology, growth of the information age using computers and the internet, higher levels of education, and the fact that there is a greater emphasis on money and power in today's society than there has been in the past. Higher levels of education, coupled with …

…there is an argument for these crimes to occur out of societal expectations to have money, power and prestige and the limits some people face of obtaining these by legal means, and that often white collar criminals learn how to commit these crimes through their involvement with others. References: Potter, G. W. (2002). Controversies in White-Collar Crime. Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Publishing, Co. Strain Theory. (n.d.). Retrieved October 3, 2004, http://mulerider.saumag.edu/~milford/crime/strain.html