Tag: White Collar
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Tombs and Whyte: The Cost of Health and Safety Infringements
Marxist Criminologists argue that the costs of elite crime are greater than the costs of street-crime, yet the elite are more likely to get away with their crimes. The piece of research below strongly supports this view (refs to follow!) In the UK Safety Crime has been studied extensively by Professor Tombs, and Dr Whyte…
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Evaluating Marxist Theories of Crime Part 2 – Kweku Adoboli
In 2013 Kweku Adeboli was jailed for 7 years for committing the biggest White Collar fraud in UK history. This case study can be used to selectively criticise aspects of the Marxist theory of crime. A City trader recklessly gambled with illicit trades to boost his bonus, and ran up potential losses of more than £7bn at…
