Criminologists frequently argue that the problem of crime is skewed so that the crimes of the powerful are virtually invisible. Who are the powerful in this context and why do their crimes remain in the margins of public awareness.

Issues surrounding the problem of crime and the powerful are complex and contested. These characteristics of both concepts will become evident during the course of the essay. Both these concepts cannot be viewed through a narrow lens, therefore we need to look at the bigger picture by deconstructing the problem of crime. Initially by drawing on crime as black letter law, which upon definition leaves an area of crime in need of further investigation….(short extract)