White-collar offenders do not have extensive records of juvenile misbehavior or of juvenile court appearances. Most white-collar criminals do not have records of conventional crime as adults, nor do they have histories of association with conventional criminals. Then how do FBI keep track of them? Probably the question is better to be asked, "How should FBI keep track of White-Collar crime?"
The absence of a conventional criminal record is not surprising for white collar criminals, since for some white-collar occupational positions, the absence of such a record is a necessity. For instance, individuals will not be placed in positions of financial trust, if they have a history of previous criminality or untrustworthiness. There is little evidence that white-collar offenders have had any experience with other kinds of criminality or with criminals. For this reason, most theories of criminality predict that rates of illegal violations are low among white-collar workers.
Some white-collar violations, such as falsifying corporation records to mislead stockholders about financial thresholds may take place over a long period of time. Among two trading companies if prices stay "fixed" for some period on a certain threshold and stocks, then this may be a mistrust. Statisticians and operational researchers Clinard and Yeager in 1980, have found that rates of corporate violations were particularly high in the automobile, oil, and pharmaceutical industries. Criminal behavior can be a "way of life" for some companies and for some of the individuals in those companies.
The 80s' favourite TV Soap-opera Dallas was a popular study in White-Collar criminal careers, especially during the 8th season in 1986.
referenced from: pg.230 Sociology of Deviant Behavior 12th edition, by Marshall B.Clinard and Robert F. Meier, Thomson Wadsworth, The Wadsworth Sociology Resource Center.
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