Edwin Sutherland

(noun)

Considered as one of the most influential criminologists of the 20th century. He was a sociologist of the symbolic interactionist school of thought and is best known for defining white-collar crime and differential association—a general theory of crime and delinquency.

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Examples of Edwin Sutherland in the following topics:

  • White-Collar Crime

    • The term "white-collar crime" was coined in 1939 by Edwin Sutherland, who defined it as a "crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation" in a speech entitled "The White Collar Criminal" delivered to the American Sociological Society.
    • Much of Sutherland's work was to separate and define the differences in blue-collar street crimes such as arson, burglary, theft, assault, rape, and vandalism, which are often blamed on psychological, associational, and structural factors.

  • Differential Association Theory

    • In criminology, differential association is a theory developed by Edwin Sutherland (1883–1950) proposing that through interaction with others, individuals learn the values, attitudes, techniques, and motives for criminal behavior.
    • The principles of Sutherland's theory of differential association can be summarized into nine key points.
    • Sutherland maintains that there is no unique learning process associated with acquiring non-normative ways of behaving.

  • Class, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System

    • Within the field of criminology, white-collar crime initially was defined by sociologist Edwin Sutherland in 1939 as "a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation. " A clear example of how deviance reflects power imbalances is in the reporting and tracking of crimes.

  • Setting Goals

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