What are white-collar crimes?

Answer 1

A crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his/her occupation.

Added: So-called "White Collar Crime" is a term loosely applied to a classification of crime that usually (but not always) involves unlawful/illegal business or financial dealings.

Answer 2

Renowned Sociologist/Criminologist Edwin Sutherland defined white-collar crime in 1949 as "a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation." The term arose from the fact that those types (usually management) generally wore suits and white-collared shirts, in contrast to the blue-collared shirts worn by workers/laborers. In today's world, the term has been modified to define the type of offense OR the type of offender (social class). It includes such offenses as fraud, computer crime, embezzlement, etc. The FBI has now defined white-collar crime as "those illegal acts which are characterized by deceit, concealment, or violation of trust and which are not dependent upon the application or threat of physical force or violence"

Answer 3

White collar crimes are those that don't involve the normal criminal aspects. There are no guns or threats involved. It usually requires specific ability to modify accounting records, computer files or other special skills to embezzle money. The amount of money is usually very high.
White-collar crime refers to financially motivated nonviolent crime committed by business and government professionals.

Answer 4

Examples of white collar crimes include: fraud, bribery, insider trading, embezzlement, computer crime, copyright infringement, money laundering, identity theft, and forgery.

In 2004, Martha Stewart was convicted of lying to investigators about selling a stock and served five months in a West Virginia federal prison camp.

Answer 5

White collar crimes are usually crimes that don't involve violence, and are for "business people". These can include, but are not limited to; fraud, bribery, forgery, copyright infringement, etc.

Answer 6

a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation

Answer 7

Cracking is one such crime.