A theory that supports the actions of white collar crime is rational choice theory. “In rational choice theories, individuals are seen as motivated by the wants or goals that express their ‘preferences’”(Browning et. al, 2000). People in the everyday world are consumed by decisions daily from small things like deciding on dinner to major long term decisions such as last will and testimony. Based on the situation of the individual in particular decisions will vary. According to Browning and colleagues (2000) they act within specific, given constraints and on the basis of the information that they have about the consumption and the social approval that is gained from their status display. White collar is engulfed by rational choice theory because
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Most corporations are established over time and go to become major successful companies. Some even develop products that have actually been considered a necessity for modern living now a days. During the development of these companies policies were developed just in case deviance became an issue in the work place. Just like the laws in society, policies are there to establish order amongst the community of people within the work place. Also just like laws if these policies are violated then justifiable punishments are administered to that individual or whomever was involved in the incident and proven to be guilty of the deviant act. Policies eliminate and reduce a lot of things that are frowned upon within the work place such as theft and violence. So with that being said when the policies are developed deviant behavior such as theft and violence seemed to be targeted as one of the many physical deviant behaviors. Nevertheless as time progresses and brings about change physical deviant behavior is not the only issues developing within the work place. In modern day and age deviant behavior cannot be seen unless monitored through computerized networks or other electronic programs. So with policies targeting physical behavior white collar crimes are actually not covered so when it comes …show more content…
Old laws still shape our society to this day from the Amendments of the Constitution to laws that are passed in some states and neglected in others. These laws are enforced daily by police officers, lawyers, judges, and other work groups of the criminal justice system. The structure of these laws do help to decide what society considers violent and deviant behavior compared to what is considered a norm, but it does not actually address deviance that can not be shown through the physicality of violence and abusive behavior. White collar crime is a prime example of deviant behavior without the violence and abusive physicality. It is not actually covered by laws that were created during the making of the Constitution because most of the intentions and activities that take place during the performance of a white collar crime. Due to the fact that white collar crime usually consist of the utilization of technology and other necessities that were recently invented obviously decades after the Constitution. Nevertheless these laws do not actually have to be revised but new laws should be incorporated in order to address white collar crimes because of now no punishment has actually been suffice. Usually white collar crime consist of people of higher power are taking other people’s hard
Most corporations are established over time and go to become major successful companies. Some even develop products that have actually been considered a necessity for modern living now a days. During the development of these companies policies were developed just in case deviance became an issue in the work place. Just like the laws in society, policies are there to establish order amongst the community of people within the work place. Also just like laws if these policies are violated then justifiable punishments are administered to that individual or whomever was involved in the incident and proven to be guilty of the deviant act. Policies eliminate and reduce a lot of things that are frowned upon within the work place such as theft and violence. So with that being said when the policies are developed deviant behavior such as theft and violence seemed to be targeted as one of the many physical deviant behaviors. Nevertheless as time progresses and brings about change physical deviant behavior is not the only issues developing within the work place. In modern day and age deviant behavior cannot be seen unless monitored through computerized networks or other electronic programs. So with policies targeting physical behavior white collar crimes are actually not covered so when it comes …show more content…
Old laws still shape our society to this day from the Amendments of the Constitution to laws that are passed in some states and neglected in others. These laws are enforced daily by police officers, lawyers, judges, and other work groups of the criminal justice system. The structure of these laws do help to decide what society considers violent and deviant behavior compared to what is considered a norm, but it does not actually address deviance that can not be shown through the physicality of violence and abusive behavior. White collar crime is a prime example of deviant behavior without the violence and abusive physicality. It is not actually covered by laws that were created during the making of the Constitution because most of the intentions and activities that take place during the performance of a white collar crime. Due to the fact that white collar crime usually consist of the utilization of technology and other necessities that were recently invented obviously decades after the Constitution. Nevertheless these laws do not actually have to be revised but new laws should be incorporated in order to address white collar crimes because of now no punishment has actually been suffice. Usually white collar crime consist of people of higher power are taking other people’s hard