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This is the published version of a paper published in The Open Criminology Journal. Citation for the original published paper (version of record): Alalehto, T. (20 15) White Collar Criminals: the State of Knowledge. The Open Criminology Journal, 8: 28-35 /10.2174/1874917801508010028 Access to the published version may require subscription. N.B. When citing this work, cite the original published paper. Permanent link to this version: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-103703 Send Orders for Reprints to reprints@benthamscience.ae 28 The Open Criminology Journal, 2015, 8, 28-35 Open Access White Collar Criminals: The State of Knowledge T. Alalehto* Department of Sociology, Umea University, Umea, Sweden Abstract: White collar crime is the least studied and the least understood crime type in comparison to traditional crime types. This review highlights the recent developments in the state of knowledge over the white collar criminals. The review concerns the topics of demography, motivation for offending and career criminality among white collar criminals. It compiles the international results (mainly West-European) so far in the three topics. The review ends with a request on further research that needs to be done in four aspects: what is the main demographic difference between white collar offenders and confirmative non-offenders? How can we explain the difference in the age-crime relationship between street criminals and white collar criminals? Why do we still have the gender divergences by white collar criminals, despite the fact that women