I have just completed my CRJ 151 White Collar Crime course that introduce us to a variety of white-collar crime issues, including definitional complexities, the causes, frequency and impact of economic crime, and victim and offender profiles. Governmental corruption, organization fraud, consumer and environmental offenses, anti-trust violations, and international schemes will be covered. Students will also become familiar with the methods used to investigate, prosecute and sentence white-collar offenders. Policy considerations will be discussed for controlling national and international white-collar crime.

By the end of the course, we were able to:

1. Be able to define white-collar crime, distinguish it from other types of crime and be familiar with the difficulty in measuring the occurrence of these offenses and their associated costs.
2. Understand the types of conduct constituting white-collar offenses by exploring various historical precedents.
3. Be familiar with various theories for the causes of white-collar crime on both the individual and organizational levels.
4. Analyze the complexities of investigating and prosecuting white-collar offenders by examining hypothetical fraud and corruption schemes.
5. Understand the far-ranging impact of white-collar crime, particularly with reference to globalization, international monetary markets, and state-corporate complicity in illegal conduct.
6. Describe various policy and legislative initiatives for combating white-collar crime and the resulting ethical considerations flowing from the initiatives.

Summarize the course

Discuss your familiarity with financial knowledge, literacy, and scams before this course and any changes as a result of this course and the materials assigned ( I really had no knowledge)

(4) Discuss consumer fraud is the most important to educate others aboutandwhy you think this is the most vital information to share with the public.

References:

• Jennifer C. Noble,White-Collar and Financial Crimes: A Casebook of Fraudsters, Scam Artists, and Corporate Thieves(University of California Press, 2021) (ISBN 9780520302891)
• Martina Dove,The Psychology of Fraud, Persuasion and Scam Techniques: Understanding What Makes Us Vulnerable(Routledge, 2021) (ISBN9780367859565)