Criminological approach to the study of economic crime in Granma - Cuba

Abstract

In this research, we propose to analyze the economic crime and the different theories and concepts that from criminology have been made about this subject. As we will see, economic crimes are not sociological or criminological basis in the reasons given to the traditional economic crime from the criminological point of view. These crimes, also called of “cuello blanco”, have certain characteristics that differentiate them from the rest of the crime and the perpetrators do not respond to the usual pattern of the offender. So our principal objective is to characterize the economic crime in the current Cuban society, based on sociological studies conducted by various institutions in this regard. Under scientific problem that motivates, defined by the following question: What are the main characteristics that presents economic crime in Cuban society? Using for this purpose the following methods: Method of Analysis and Synthesis, Logical Analysis, Historical Legal, Sociological Method, Materialistic Dialectical Method. As research technique was used the literature review of materials we consider more updated on the subject. Presenting results in a fundamental characterization of the phenomenon of economic crime from the criminological point of view.

Keywords

• criminología, Delincuencia Económica, sociedad cubana, delincuencia de cuello blanco, sistema económico