White collar crime: characteristics, enforcement, and prevention

White Collar Crimes

Governmental Crimes

The extent of damage that the application of imperialistic conquests, warfare or threat of nuclear power can have on the psyche, finances and structure of the weaker countries of the world is devastating. All concepts merely aim to use force to take from the weaker states. The imperialistic conquest is a form of white collar crime because while it does not really endanger the lives of the civilians under control of the imperial government, but it does however deprive them of enjoying the fruits of their labor. On the other hand, the perception with most imperialist takeovers is that the countries taken over don't have the structure to make the best use of their utilities so foreign takeover is necessary to provide structure i.e. It does not necessarily constitute as a white collar crime.

Warfare and the threat/use of nuclear power are violent crime as their applications endanger and take lives. Most warfare is done for territorial or political gain and includes military imperialism in its spectrum as well. On the other hand, some warfare is done as a response as well because most of the countries engage in warfare for self-defense. Most of the clashes that take place between the countries are responsive and sometimes those turn violent so it is not always declared as a white collar crime. The threat of nuclear power also comes into play when that happens as most countries usually become nuclear power for defensive measures on the global front and its usually in a state of failed negotiations that countries resort to using their nuclear power against an antagonist country. So, a major perception is that it is a defensive measure as opposed an offensive one, however, the fact that it does endanger lives makes it a criminal offense as well.

Political Crimes

Perhaps the most extensive research done on executive white collar crimes has been on solicitation. Solicitation basically includes an executive officer of a government branch taking or soliciting contributions from an individual who is the authoritarian of a business or an event. This act of a solicitation includes all officers of the executive government office from the president to the court clerk. Furthermore, it also includes all those individuals who solicit contributions at an individual level without having any form of entrepreneurial authority over any agency or business. Any form of solicitation misconduct is considered a Class A misdemeanor and can result in the immediate dismissal, demotion and/or suspension. Also, another common act of white collar crime in the political world is reporting a false claim for solicitation against an executive officer for personal gain; this also, when caught, can result in a judgment of Class C misdemeanor and lead to suspension or dismissal as well (Strader, 2002).