White collar crime is not a crime in its own right, but rather a criterion that must be met for a crime to be considered white collar crime; (Blount, 2002) hence why corporate crime is also considered white collar crime. At the same time, white collar crime and corporate crime can be seen as distinct criminological categories, however, to reveal this, this essay will first explore Sutherland's definition of white collar crime and the concerns with this definition of white collar crime white. . We will then discuss the modification that had to occur with the definition of white collar crime given by Sutherland to establish a distinction between white collar crime and corporate crime. Accordingly, this essay will show how and to what extent white-collar crime and corporate crime are distinct criminological categories. Before Edwin Sutherland emerged with the term white collar crime, the criminologist was only interested in crimes committed by people from the lower classes. ; crimes of the powerless. These crimes include burglary, theft, vandalism, as well as more serious crimes. The researchers also wanted to find out the reasons why these individuals committed crimes. Their findings led them to conclude that this was due to the pathologies of individual offenders, as well as poverty and deprivation. However, this was disputed by Sutherland, who argued that people from the higher social classes are also involved in criminal behaviour. However, their criminal behaviors are different from those of individuals belonging to the lower socioeconomic class. Croal, (2001). (the story)Considering that those who belong to the higher social classes do not face the same challenges as those who belong to the lower socioeconomic classes......middle of the paper......prayer for there to exist there must be individuals who manage it. Therefore, any crime committed by a company is actually committed by individuals in the course of their profession. Works Cited Blount, E. (2002) Occupational Crime: Deterrence, Investigation and Reporting in Compliance with Federal Guidelines [online] . United States: Crc Press. [Accessed 10 February 2014].Croall, H. (1992) White Collar Crime. UK: Open Univ Pr.Newburn, T. (2013) Criminology. 2nd ed. 2 Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon Ox14 4rn: Routledge The Whole Truth Prince William Sound, Alaska (2008) The Whole Truth: Story of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. Available from: http://www.wholetruth.net/history.htm [Accessed 11 February 2014]Coke, L (2014) Criminal Justice Process [online]. Available from: http://moodle.bbk.ac.uk/mod/folder/view.php?id=140647 [Accessed 08 March 2014].