Question

Provide a three to five page assessment of the application of theory to crimes of the powerful. Be sure to show me you understand the theories and integration-do not repeat what you read. In other words, how could each theory help explain white-collar crime or crimes of the powerful? Does integrating them and looking at all of the levels of analysis help? How so or how not?

Answer 1

White-collar crimes come under price-fixing. Money laundering is another crime that comes under the white-collar crimes. White-collar crimes are like the crimes which come under the illegal activities conducted by the professionals in government and the businessman. FBI is a crime branch that overseeing these activities for investigation. Many theories explained why people involved in these white-collar crimes. Different theories explained about white-collar crimes such as

• Theory of differential association
• Theories of crimes
• Rational choice of theory
• The routine activity theory.