Abstract
There is no formal definition of a “business crime” or a “white-collar crime”in the context of Singapore legislation. Neither do any of these terms carryany legal significance. The term “white-collar crime” was popularised afterthe American sociologist, Edwin H Sutherland, delivered his presidentialaddress “White-Collar Criminality” in 1939 to the American SociologicalSociety, where he compared crime in the upper or white-collar class,composed of respectable or at least respected business and professionalmen, with that of the lower class, comprising persons of low socioeconomicstatus (E H Sutherland, “White-Collar Criminality” (1940) 5 AmericanSociological Review.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Principles of Singapore Business Law |
| Editors | George TL Shenoy , Loo Wee Ling |
| Publisher | Cengage Learning Asia |
| Chapter | 4 |
| Pages | 67-93 |
| Number of pages | 27 |
| Edition | Second |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-981-4455-66-4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-981-4455-52-7 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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