... occupation" (Sutherland cited in Sutton & Haines, 2003: 142) Other Scholars have a broader definition for this type of crime. They define it as the crimes committed by people - upper or middle class- performed during their employment period (Dirkis & Nicoll, 1996:257). As Hazel Croall states: "Crime committed in the course of legitimate employment involving the abuse of an occupational role". (Croall cited in www.revision-notes.co.uk/revision/159.html, 2001) another form of crime, which is related to white collar crime, is corporate crime. Corporate crime Corporate crime is not easily defined. For this reason, it has been defined as the use of the resources of a corporation to commit a crime. (Sutton & Haines, 2003:148) However it was best define Kramer: "... [The] Criminal acts (of omission or commission) which are the result of deliberate decision making (or culpable negligence) by persons who occupy structural positions within the organization as corporate executives or managers. These ...

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