What does «criminaloide» mean in Spanish?
- Belonging to the criminal physical type; having some criminal characteristics.
- A person who projects a respectable and upright facade in an attempt to conceal a criminal personality. This type, first defined by Cesare Lombroso in later editions of his 1876 work "The Criminal Man". It was also described by Edward A. Ross in 1907 in "Society and Sin", as were the white and blue collar crimes. Unlike common criminals, criminaloids enjoy the respect of society and, because they often establish connections with the government and the law, they are less likely to face opposition. Because of their respectable position, they generally enjoy greater prosperity than the average criminal and have an automatic advantage over their more conscientious colleagues. From the Encyclopedia of White Collar and Corporate Crime: "The key to the criminaloid is not evil impulse, but moral callousness. The criminaloid prefers to prey on the anonymous public. He goes further by convincing others to act rather than acting on their own, which protects him from accountability and being labeled a criminal and instead is immune from such scrutiny. The criminaloid practices a protective impersonation of the good. The criminaloid counterfeits the good citizen."