WHITE COLLAR CRIME

1. Suggests WCC might create distrust in society... "The financial loss from WCC, great as it is, is less important than damage to social relations". "WC criminals violate trust/create distrust; lowers social morale and produces social disorganisations (10)
6. Looked at idea of delinquency and drift... young men drift in and out of crime at certain parts of their lives (inspired Katz) (5)

2. WC criminals are not exceptionally impulsive. Live beyond their means. Lower re-offence rates (can move on quickly) (8)
3. Capitalism promotes crime in the suites by fostering avarice (6)
4. It is difficult to distinguish malevolence from incompetence ... in business and professional life we are more often concerned about the harmful effects of the latter" (6)
5. Bankers who hire money hungry geniuses should not always express suprise and amazement when some of them turn around with brilliant, creative and illegal ways of making money (5)

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