Is It “White-Collar” or “Pink-Collar” Crime?: Comparing Female White-Collar Offenders to Male White-Collar Offenders on Offense Patterns and Individual Characteristics

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

This panel will explore the similarities and differences between a sample of women and men convicted of white-collar crimes who are supervised on probation and supervised release. Prior research has suggested that female white-collar offenders are less likely to occupy social and occupational positions which fit the high social status frequently associated with white-collar crime, meaning that many women are in “pink-collar” positions and their crimes may not necessarily fit other patterns of white-collar crime (Daly, 1989). Yet, in recent decades this assertion may be less true as women occupy more positions of power in organizations and as the nature of white-collar crime changes (Benson and Simpson, 2015). In order to further our understanding of the profiles and characteristics associated with female white-collar offenders, the papers on this panel use contemporary data to compare men and women convicted of white-collar offenses.

Sponsored by the Division of White-Collar and Corporate Crime

Sub Unit

• Area IV. Types of Offending / 16. White Collar, Occupational, and Corporate Crime

Division of Special Interests

• Division Session of Interest / Division of White Collar and Corporate Crime

• Division Session of Interest / Division on Critical Criminology & Social Justice

• Division Session of Interest / Division on Women & Crime

Individual Presentations

• What Are the Gender Differences in Offense Types and Criminal Histories of White-Collar Offenders? - Nicole Selzer, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; Erin Harbinson, Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, University of Minnesota Law School

• What Are the Gender Differences in Risk and Needs of White-Collar Offenders? - Erin Harbinson, Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, University of Minnesota Law School; Natalie Goulette, University of West Florida

• What Are the Gender Differences in Criminal Thinking of White-Collar Offenders? - Erin Harbinson, Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, University of Minnesota Law School; Michael L. Benson, University of Cincinnati

• Understanding the Gendered Experiences of White-Collar Inmates - Diana Sun, University of Cincinnati; Michael L. Benson, University of Cincinnati; Valerie Anderson, University of Cincinnati

Discussant

• Nicole L. Piquero, University of Texas at Dallas