Is street crime or suite crime more harmful?
… male perpetrates the majority of crime and it is this type of crime that society fixates upon. It is understandable that the public are unaware or ignorant of the harm created by corporate crime, especially if the focus is on the more conventional street crime and they feel unaffected by the crimes committed by corporations. Box (1983) writes it is no wonder that corporate crime is not viewed by many people, including most criminologists as a pressing serious social problem. So to determine whether street crime or suite crime is more harmful, it is necessary to examine corporate and street crime and compare the nature and extent of the harm done. Sutherland (1940) brought to the fore the notion of corporate crime and contributed to the understanding of how widespread and costly it is in economic terms. Although as Box (1983) points out that his concentration on the economic as …
