Edwin Sutherland's work has received high praise, and many researchers over the years have used his work to strengthen their own research (Bernard, 2008). Mairi Macpherson has researched white-collar crime. In his research his topic is white collar crime and the effects on society. In his presentation he started with “what is white collar crime?” this question is answered by a quote from Edwin Sutherland “a crime committed by a respectable person of high social status in the course of his profession”. (Sutherland, 1939) In his research he briefly states the difference between blue collar crimes and white collar crimes (Macpherson, 2012). A law professor at Louisiana State University, John S. Baker, conducted a research paper on the sociological origins of white collar crimes. In John S. Baker's research, he incorporated the work of Edwin Sutherland in his "Sociologist Edwin Sutherland, who coined the phrase white-collar crime, attempted to redefine crime based on the class of the alleged perpetrator rather than what that person did” (Baker, 2004 ). Donald J. Newman published a research paper on white collar crime. His research paper focuses on how white collar crime is defined. Donald's research states: “However, on the contrary,