The perpetrators of white collar …show more content…
This theory contends that an individual’s failure to legally achieve goals perceived to be positively situated stresses an individual to attain those goals by whatever means available. Commensurate with the strain may be extenuating impactful circumstances such as an abusive father or termination of a relationship or death of a loved one. The white collar criminal may perceive an impactful strain as being work related or some incident occurring in his or her professional life. The final push in either a legal or illegal direction is basically peer pressure, positive or negative. White collar criminals fail to achieve enough of the financial or professional success to satisfy themselves while in the midst of their more successful