The Edwin Sutherland Conference on White-Collar Crime: Fifty Years of Research and Beyond, Indiana University, May 12 - May 15, 1990

印第安纳大学社会学家埃德温·萨瑟兰在1939年向美国社会学协会发表的总统讲话中，对“上层或白领阶层犯罪”的研究匮乏表示担忧。自那以后，“白领犯罪”一词已经成为我们词汇中的一个既定部分。现代公司的发展、专业阶层的扩大、计算机技术的出现，以及国内和国际金融市场日益复杂和相互依赖，都带来了萨瑟兰所关注的犯罪形式的变化。对此，白领犯罪的研究本身就成为一个重要的研究领域。然而，研究一直是零星的，有必要对多年来的学术进行评估，并开始为未来制定战略。根据这笔赠款，将于1990年5月在印第安纳大学召开一次会议，评估萨瑟兰1939年发表演讲50年后对白领犯罪研究领域的影响。会议的目的是探讨研究和控制白领犯罪所面临的理论、经验和实践问题。来自世界各地的小组成员将召开为期三天的会议，以(1)回顾多年来进行的研究；(2)提供对对控制白领犯罪感兴趣的学者和实践者有用的新研究和信息；(3)找出我们目前知识状况的差距，并为未来的研究提出方向；以及(4)建立一个对研究和管制白领犯罪感兴趣的个人网络，以促进这一领域的研究和公共政策努力。白领犯罪问题提出了从越轨组织理论到微观决策理论的重要理论问题。组织特征，如等级结构、报酬结构、运作政策和程序，以及与亚文化、机会、标签和控制理论相结合的道德准则，为解释导致犯罪的组织和更守法的组织之间的差异提供了令人兴奋的可能性。这次会议将汇集不同学科的学者，讨论与病原学、执法战略、国际视角和方法学问题有关的新研究，为这一重要领域的未来研究提供方向。

In his 1939 presidential address to the American Sociological Association, Indiana University sociologist Edwin Sutherland voiced concern over the dearth of research on "crime in the upper, or white-collar, class." The term "white collar crime" has since become an established part of our vocabulary. The growth of the modern corporation, the expansion of professional classes, the advent of computer technologies, and the increasing complexity and interdependence of national and international financial markets have brought about changes in the form of crime with which Sutherland was concerned. In response, the study of white-collar crime has become an important field of research in its own right. Research has been sporadic, however, and there is a need to take stock of the scholarship over the years and begin to map out a strategy for the future. Under this grant, a conference will be convened in May of 1990 at Indiana University to assess the field of reserch on white-collar crime fifty years after Sutherland's 1939 address. The purpose of the conference is to address the theoretical, empirical, and practical issues facing the study and control of white-collar crime. Panelists from around the world will convene for three days to (1) review the research which has taken place over the years; (2) provide new research and information which will be useful to both scholars and practitioners interested in the control of white-collar crime; (3) identify gaps in our present state of knowledge and suggest directions for future research; and (4) develop a network of individuals interested in the study and regulation of white-collar crime so as to facilitate research and public policy efforts in this area. The problem of white-collar crime raises important theoretical issues ranging from organizational theories of deviance to micro- level theories of decisionmaking. Organizational traits such as hierarchical structures, reward structures, operating policies and procedures, and codes of ethics integrated with subcultural, opportunity, labeling, and control theories offer exciting possibilities for accounting for differences in criminogenic organizations and their more law-abiding counterparts. This conference will bring together scholars across different disciplines to discuss new research relating to etiology, enforcement strategies, international perspectives and methodological issues which will provide directions for future research in this important field.