White Collar Crime and Street Crime in Germany. A Comparative Overview

Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject Sociology - Law and Delinquency, grade: 1,3, , language: English, abstract: The aim of the paper is to provide the reader with an insight into the two different subjects of White Collar Crime and Street Crime and to draw a brief comparision between the two manifestations of crime through the given information. The paper deals in the beginning with the most important definitions of the term of economic crime in Germany. Thereupon the various types of economic crime are described and the resulting damages are explained. Furthermore the most important models of causal research are presented in relation to economic crime. It is demonstrated who the perpetrators are and why they act according to an economic crime. The second part deals with the concept of street crime in Germany and defines it. The course of the two different theme blocks is basically the same. During further proceeding the types of street crime, a brief characterization of the victims, the resulting damage and causes for the cases of street crime are delineated. Finally some statistical data about the gender and the age groups of the perpetrators are provided to the reader.