Q: What are the characteristics that are inferred from the definition of Edwin Hardin Sutherland ?

Ans: The most influential criminologist of the 20th century and also a sociologist, Edwin Hardin Sutherland, for the first time in 1939, defined white collar crimes as “crimes committed by people who enjoy the high social status, great repute, and respectability in their occupation”. The five attributes of the given definition are:

The characteristics that are inferred from above definition of Edwin Hardin Sutherland are as follows: 

1. White collar crime is a criminal offence .
2. It is committed by the people who enjoy the social status in society, have great reputation in society and such people also have high respectability in their occupation.  


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