MODULE 6/DISCUSSION 2 -- Regulatory System and White Collar Crime

What are the principal differences and points of intersection between private policing and public policing?

It is often difficult to differentiate between the two since private police often behave like the public police. The point intersection arises from the reasoning that both of the two are contained in the criminal justice field making the two inevitable for the security of individuals in the society. The differences only arise when exploring their activities and responsibilities. Private policing, in the white-collar crime arena, is a form of crime prevention detection and apprehension provided by the private organization or agents for commercial purpose (Friedrichs, 2010). The elite would have rather used the private police forces in protecting them while they committed crimes instead of tracking white-collar crime cases. This is indifferent to public policing where there is prevention of crime provided to the whole society and...

Public policing is in the front line of protecting the whole society with the main asset being the accountability presented by the public. Public policing has set in to counteract the notion of private policing of protecting the elite from the white-collar cases. This is because the private police normally affiliates to some private personalities and not the society as a whole.
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The FBI forensic crime lab -- Role of the lab

The FBI forensic crime lab is a lab fully furnished with scientific equipment to help in pursuing cases relate to frauds. The personalities in the lab usually have dedication of using scientific knowledge in reducing crimes. The lab allows for forensic analysis that gives answers to unsolved questions related to the legal interest like in the white collar crimes cases.

References

Friedrichs, D.O. (2010). Trusted criminals: White Collar Crime in Contemporary Society.

Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.