White Collar Crime

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White Collar Crime

Theme 2: How do white-collar criminals differ from “street” criminals who commit violent crimes? What role does antisocial and narcissistic personality disorder play in the commission of a crime?

RWTH Aachen University Chair of Controlling

Professors: Prof. Dr. Terry L. Leap Prof. Dr. Peter Letmathe

Name: Dilsad Karpat Matriculation No.: 308439 Course of Studies: Business, Management and Economics Semester: Winter Term 2012/2013 Address: Pontstrasse 123/3 52062 Aachen, Deutschland Date of Submission: 26.11.2012

Table of Contents

I 1. 2. List of Tables ........................................................................................................................ i Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 1 Differences between White Collar Crime and Street Crime ................................................. 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 3. Perpetrator Profiles ....................................................................................................... 2 Methods and Crime Patterns ........................................................................................ 3 Law Enforcement .......................................................................................................... 5

Psychological Profile & Personality Traits ........................................................................... 6 3.1 3.2 Antisocial Personality Disorder ..................................................................................... 6 Psychopathy .................................................................................................................. 8 Psychopathy and Street Criminals ......................................................................... 8 Psychopathy and White Collar Crime ................................................................... 9

3.2.1 3.2.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 4. II...