Limitations and Motivational Factors Some limitations of psychological theories in the prosecution of criminals are the fact that just like statistics these theories are embedded with biases of the people who create them. I believe that it takes away the humanistic factor, like not everyone fits the same shoe. Without taking every social and cultural norm and difference it would be very hard to create any kind of theory of prosecution that could encompass all that would be needed. These theories could only give a possible direction as well as perspective. I believe in the case of White Collar Crime, unless you are publicly called out and punished the likelihood, no matter what age of someone continuing white collar crime they will continue because more than not, these CEO's and Board Members committing these kinds of crime are not likely to be prosecuted so therefor, they have a higher chance of getting back into a position of power to manipulate the system. As we can see in the book, business schools are likely to camouflage unethical practices to almost become the norm. So, this environment in the business world almost creates and promotes this type of behavior. "Explanations for corporate criminality often focus on the criminogenic or crime-producing nature of the business environment; that is, in order to survive, lawbreaking is essential". (Bartol & Bartol,2020 P. 498), however, a prominent criminologist in white-collar crime, chastises business schools for using "lulling terms, especially 'ethics,' to camouflage what essentially are considerations of criminal behavior" (Bartol&Bartol,2020 P. 498).
References Bartol, C. R., & Bartol, A. M. (2020). Criminal Behavior (12th ed.). Pearson Education (US). https://mbsdirect.vitalsource.com/books/9780135618813