Addressing White Collar Crime with Situational Crime Prevention Approach: What’s Promising and How It Works?

The study aims to demonstrate that white collar crimes can be prevented by limiting organizational opportunities for such crimes. By employing a situational approach to crime prevention, the research seeks to highlight practical measures businesses can adopt to reduce these opportunities. It explores the 25 techniques proposed by Cornish and Clarke, discussing their implementation within the context of organizational crime prevention. The findings reveal that while situational crime prevention measures are effective in controlling white collar crime, they cannot eradicate it entirely. These measures help to maintain white collar crime within an acceptable range, as complete elimination is unattainable due to the complexity and organized nature of these crimes. This research underscores the importance of a situational approach in white collar crime prevention, providing a systematic framework for reducing crime opportunities. It emphasizes the need for businesses to adopt comprehensive internal controls, ethical guidelines, and awareness programs to mitigate the risk of white collar crimes, contributing to both academic discourse and practical crime prevention strategies in corporate settings.