White Collar Crime
The idea behind “white-collar” crime and what it is can be quite confusing. “White-collar” crime is largely understandable in terms of routine activities and crime opportunities. It is difficult to determine who falls under the title of a “white-collar” criminal. ... The single general feature of “white-collar” offenders was their specialized access to crime targets by way of work, or organizational position. ... Felson believes that we should appropriately rename “white-collar” crime to crimes of specialized access because they provide offenders with practical routes to their targets.