_____ refer to illegal activities committed by high-status people in the course of their occupations.
A) Informal deviances
B) Hate crimes
C) Intellectual property thefts
D) White-collar crimes
E) Victimless crimes

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White-collar crimes refers to illegal activities committed by high-status people in the course of their occupations. The term was coined by sociologist Edwin Sutherland in 1939 to describe "a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation."

_____ Refer to Illegal Activities Committed by High-Status People in the Course