... seen by some as controversial. Many criminological theories suggest that an individuals motive for committing crimes are due to class and suggest that the lower classes commit crime in an attempt to better themselves or to simply survive. However, theories with this general overview cannot explain why it is that people who are already in positions of high status and are generally "well off" for money would risk it all to commit white-collar crime. Clinard and Yeager agree or at least suggest that greed is the explanation for most professional and corporate cries but although I can understand why they may believe this to be the case I can not completely agree with them. I can acknowledge that some middle-class single employees may see the opportunity to gain financially with a low possibility of being caught but for those middle-class, married employees who are perhaps parents and have more to lose ...

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