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Last lesson What did we learn…a recap! Then check your understanding on the worksheet Model answer for: Discuss the effect that the media can have on crime and deviance (20) Now write it in your own words – peer assess. What went well (WWW) and Even Better If

Lesson 17: Lesson 17: What is White Collar Crime and Corporate Crime? Learning Aim: To understand the term white collar crime and corporate crime GCSE Sociology – Wednesday 22nd March 2017

Learning Objectives… Define and give an example of the term, white collar crime Define and give an example of the term blue collar crime Define and give an example of corporate crime

Using the revision workbook Look at Task 1 Complete the worksheet on White Collar, Corporate Crime and Blue Collar crime

White Collar Crime Committed by middle class individuals Linked to persons job – some times referred to as occupational crime Not always obvious crimes – money based, individual gain Hard to detect Often not reported – asked to leave, frightened of publicity Examples are fraud, bribery, insider trading and embezzlement, tax evasion– key words on worksheet Its on the increase! - Significant increase in cyber crime Bribery Act 2010 – new laws implemented https://www.macroberts.com/is-the-uk-failing-to-prevent-white-collar-crime/

Can you think of any famous white collar crimes?

Rogue trader: Nick Leeson In 1995, it was revealed that Baring’s trader falsified accounts and trading records, causing 2.2 billion pound losses and caused the banks demise!

Corporate Crime: definition Crime that are committed by big companies and businesses, examples include negligence (medical), false advertising, lying about products, financial fraud, corporate manslaughter

Can you think of any corporate crimes?

Corporate Crime: case studies Enron At one point in time, the Houston, Texas-based energy company was the seventh largest company in the United States. The method by which Enron achieved that distinction however, was less than honest. By using shell corporations to fabricate profits and deceptive accounting practices Enron kept millions of dollars worth of debt hidden from investors and the market as a whole. For a time Enron remained undiscovered, but by 2001, the company’s complex system of lies unravelled and Enron found itself in debt by the billions. http://www.therichest.com/business/the-10-most-notorious-white-collar-crimes/

Thalidomide Thalidomide in the early 1960s Drug for morning sickness – German chemical firm Children were born with missing limbs and other problems Company had not tested drug on pregnant women Many years of campaigning – compensation offered

Primodos In January 1975 the British regulator warned manufacturers Schering of a five-to-one risk that the drug could cause malformations. Primodos was given to 1.5 million women in the UK as a way of confirming pregnancy Families are preparing to take legal action against the pharmaceutical company Bayer, which took over Schering in 2006.

Horsemeat scandal: Where did the 29% horse in your Tesco burger come from? It is the biggest food fraud of the 21st century! Led to the withdrawal of tens of millions of burgers and beef products across Europe and a promise from the prime minister that everything possible would be done to get a grip on a "very shocking" crime. The company is owned by the Dundalk-born beef baron and property magnate Larry Goodman

Examples of blue collar crime Crimes that are committed by the working class, such as illegal gambling, damage to property, drug abuse

Please answer these questions… Define and give an example of the term, white collar crime Define and give an example of the term blue collar crime Define and give an example of the term corporate crime

Stretch and Challenge Question Describe what crimes that high-status people are more likely to be involved in (10)

Extension Activity/homework task: Occupational crime Occupational crime, is a crime that is connected to a job. This is closely linked to white collar crime. Make a list of all the crimes that a person could commit as part of their job

Next lesson extension: explaining crime and deviance Read through theories – making notes

What are we studying next lesson? We’ve looked at… what crime and deviance is, informal and formal social control, types of crime and now its time for… Explanations of crime and deviance! Page 188-191 of course book