Peers- Like colleagues but w/o minimal division of labor
Crew- 3+ ppl conduct sophisticated deviance
Formal Organizations- large crews, often global
White Collar Crime- focuses on corporate
crime rather than street crime
Occupational Crime- Individuals
acting on own behalf (employee, tax
evasion)
Organizational Crime-
committed by formal
organization w/end
goal for company
Drug Use & Diordered Eating Among College Women-
Katherine Vecitis concluded college women misuse
prescription drugs as loners rather than interact with other
users. Street users are opposite and encourage use.
Cybercommunities of Self-Injury- Adler & Adler
studied & concluded that internet offers
separation & connection. Ppl can create their
own culture. Self-Injurers have a double life-
closed to normal interaction, open to internet.
On/Off-line Hacker Subcultures- Holt
concluded that hacker subculture
conceals blantant deviance. Online
lacks uniformity & normal
categorization. Offline is lacking
discussion & not often done.
Gender & Victimization Risk among young
Women in Gangs- Jody Miller studied & concluded
women in gangs willingly traded for victimization
within group but protection from ext
enviornment.
Arena studied Hezbollah's global criminal operations. He
concluded gradual decrease in state sponsorship of
terrorism has forced terrorist orgs to seek alternative
funding. Created a worldwide network to support criminal
enterprise. Hezbollah is well prepared bc of this.
Elizabeth Bradshaw studied State-Corporate
crime in the offshore oil industry. She concluded
that the BP Oil Spill was motivated differential
association theory: opportunity bc of close
interactions between gov & industry to provide
profit goal at expense of safety; lack of social
control causing untold enviornmental damage.