Criminal Investigation

Write 3 pages words each and use proper in text citation, APA, reference, and free from Plagiarism. Then follow the below Rubric

 

Question 1.

• Using the concept of White Collar Crime as found in below after reading;

1.         Provide argument for one of these as being the most dangerous form of White Collar Crime.

 

2.        Provide supportive reasoning for your choice and look for outside material other than the text and use statistics as part of your supportive reasoning.  Writes 3pages

 

WHITE-COLLAR CRIME

White-collar crime, also called economic or corporate crime, involves illegal acts characterized by fraud, concealment or a violation of trust and does not de- pend on the actual or threatened use of physical force or violence. Many instances of larceny/theft and fraud can also be classified as white-collar crime. In some cases, perpetrators of white-collar crime do not “look like” criminals—they are often highly educated, socially accepted people who hold high-level positions of trust within a company. Because of such positions, high-level company executives are able to commit crimes involving millions of dollars. White-collar crime makes headlines: the frauds and crooked accounting involved in the Enron and WorldCom bankruptcies, the scandals involving Tyco International and Adelphia Communications, and the ImClone stock debacle that sent the all-things-domestic guru Martha Stewart to prison for five months. With CEOs pocketing millions, even billions, of dollars, investors and pensioners lost everything. This is probably the ultimate white- collar crime, perhaps better termed corporate terrorism. The American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS) Standing Committee on White-Collar Crime has changed its name to the Economic Crime Committee.

 

Much white-collar crime is never reported because it involves top-level executives of organizations that do not want their reputations damaged. White-collar crimes may be committed by individuals against other individuals such as family members, lawyers, real estate agents, insurance agents and physicians. These crimes may be committed against organizations by insiders such as business partners, office managers, computer programmers and senior executives. White-collar crimes may also be committed by individuals with no relationship to the victim, such as corporate spies, forgers, counterfeiters, computer hackers and information pirates. Differences exist in how to define white-collar crime and what types of other crimes should fall within this classification.

 

White-collar or economic crime includes (1) securities and commodities fraud; (2) insurance fraud; (3) health care and medical fraud; (4) telemarketing fraud; (5) credit card and check fraud; (6) consumer fraud, illegal competition and deceptive practices; (7) bankruptcy fraud; (8) computer-related fraud; (9) bank fraud, embezzlement and pilferage; (10) bribes, kickbacks and payoffs; (11) money laundering; (12) election law violations; (13) corruption of public officials; (14) copyright violations; (15) computer crimes; (16) environmental crimes; and (17) receiving stolen property. Although traditionally law enforcement and the general public have focused on street crimes rather than white-collar crime, two recent studies show that this is no longer the case. Piquero, Carmichael and Piquero (2008, p.306) report that two-thirds of their sample believed that the resources allocated to deal with white-collar crime should be at least as much as—if not more than— that which is spent on street crime. Unnever, Benson and Cullen (2008, p.163) also report that Americans generally favor getting tough on corporate illegality. Investigate these crimes as you would any larceny or fraud case. Whether they are felonies or misdemeanors depends on the value involved. White-collar crimes can be committed by any employee within a business or organization. However, low level employees usually do not have the opportunity to steal large amounts from their employers. Most often, low-level employees’ crimes consist of pilferage. Many employees do not see taking office supplies or placing personal long-distance phone calls from a work phone as dishonest. However, they would not think of doing the same thing in a place where they did not work. Over time, the losses from pilferage are often much more than what a high-level employee might embezzle. Few law enforcement agencies are equipped to investigate white-collar crime, encouraging such investigations to be conducted internally by in-house or contracted private investigators. The NW3C links criminal justice agencies across international borders and bridges the gap between local and state criminal justice agencies. This center provides assistance in preventing, investigating and prosecuting economic crime.

 

 

 

Homework Rubric

Criteria	Ratings	Pts
Evaluation	Appraises the questions and provides thoughtful conclusions and answers- thoughtful implies some original thinking. 25.0 pts Appraises the questions into congruous conclusions and answers. 20.0 pts Appraisal and answers are weak or incomplete. 15.0 pts Evaluation is not present. 5.0 pts	25.0 pts
Synthesis	Combines additional researched material into observations; extends answers well beyond minimum requirements. Provides greater than a minimum of four substantive interactive questions or observations to other students’ postings. 25.0 pts Combines answers into a consistent whole. Provides a minimum of four substantive interactive questions or observations to other students’ postings. 20.0 pts Answers are not presented in a consistent whole. Provides fewerthan a minimum of four substantive interactive questions or observations to other students’ postings. 15.0 pts No evidence of consistent answers to questions or provides no interactive questions or observations to other students’ postings. 5.0 pts	25.0 pts
Analysis	Analyzes key elements using two or more course-external sources 25.0 pts   Analyzes key elements using at least one source. 20.0 pts   Analyzes key elements using no outside sources. 15.0 pts   Analysis is not supported or no evidence of analysis is present. 5.0 pts	25.0 pts
Technical Skill in Communicating	Answers are structured into full, complete sentences. In total, all postings contain no grammatical or spelling errors. 25.0 pts Answers are structured into full, complete sentences. In total, all postings contain no more than three grammatical or spelling errors. 20.0 pts Answers are structured but sentences incomplete or awkward. In total, all postings contain no more than five grammatical or spelling errors. 15.0 pts Answers are unstructured or there are so many errors in grammar and/or spelling that it is difficult to read. 5.0 pts	25.0 pts
Total Points: 100.0