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Running head: ORGANIZED CRIME AND WHITE COLLAR CRIME 1

ORGANIZED CRIME AND WHITE COLLAR CRIME 2

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Enterprise Crime: Organized Crime and White Collar Crime

Description of the public perception of an organized crime entity in America

Based on Payne, (2013) Organized crime refers to any organized illegal activity. It is most commonly associated with the Mafia. The public perception of an organized crime is that the organized crime mobsters do not enjoy the equal status of respectability as that of white collar criminals. They are vulnerable to investigation, conviction and suspicion.

Parallels between professional criminals and white collar offenders

There are several parallels that existing between professional criminals and white collar offenders. They both have to show an aura of respectability and inspire a given level of trust to perform their crimes; both are also ready to go against the law of maximizing profit, they also seek to immunize themselves by financing the campaigns of politicians and becoming informants for law enforcement officials, and both are ready to take risks of making money (In Rider, 2015)

The differences between classical professional criminals and white collar criminals

The classic professional criminal relies on skill and planning while white collar criminals depend on direct force or intimidation to achieve an illegal objectivity. There are several parallels that existing between professional criminals and white collar offenders. Based on Payne, (2013) White collar refer them as business people while professional criminals are more accepting of their outlaw status, professional criminals make deliberate decision to be involved in criminal activities whereas white collar offenders drift into fraudulent enterprises. Another difference is that white collar defraud by providing something of little value in return for money while professional criminals try a pure theft of money from a vulnerable victim.

Computer crime, including the categories of offenses

According to In Rider, (2015), Computer crime refers to a prohibited act wherein computer technology and computers are employed to commit the crime. The categories include; telecommunications (illegal bulletin boards and hacking), computer manipulation crimes (frauds and embezzlement), supporting criminal enterprises using computers, software and hardware theft, and computer crimes (sabotaging programs).

References

In Rider, B. A. K. (2015). Research handbook on international financial crime

Payne, B. K. (2013). White-collar crime: The essentials. Thousand Oaks, Calif: SAGE Publications.