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white-collar crime
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white-collar crime, term coined by Edward Sutherland for nonviolent crimes committed by corporations or individuals such as office workers or sales personnel (see white-collar workers white-collar workers, broad occupational grouping of workers engaged in nonmanual labor; frequently contrasted with blue-collar (manual) employees. American in origin, the term has close analogues in other industrial countries.
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) in the course of their business activities. White-collar crimes include embezzlement, false advertising, bribery, unfair competition, tax evasion, and unfair labor practices.


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Source: The National White Collar Crime Center and the FBI, www.
Attorney in criminal fraud and special prosecutions, Handzlik is also chairman of the American Bar Association's White Collar Crime Committee, which consists of 700 to 800 prosecutors and defense attorneys of white-collar crime.
But the director of the National White Collar Crime Center asserts that agencies across the country might have very serious problems without realizing it.
 
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