NCJ Number
69465
Editor(s)
J B KROLL
Date Published
1979
Length
637 pages
Annotation
GENERAL ARTICLES ON PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF VARIOUS BUSINESS CRIMES ARE PRESENTED, ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF ABSTRACTS COMPILED FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES INFORMATION BANK BETWEEN JANUARY 1977 AND JUNE 1978.
Abstract
THE UNDERLYING PHILOSOPHY OF THE COMPILATION IS TO PROVIDE VARIOUS VIEWPOINTS AS TO THE STATE OF THE PROBLEM AND PRACTICAL STRATEGIES. REFERENCES ARE DRAWN FROM OVER 60 LEADING UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS, MANY OF WHICH HAVE A BUSINESS ORIENTATION. FOLLOWING A SELECTION OF ABSTRACTS ON WHITE COLLAR CRIME, ARTICLES WRITTEN BY A SPECIALIST IN THE FIELD (ACCOMPANIED BY RELEVANT ABSTRACTS) COVER AUDITING AND THE CONTROL OF BUSINESS CRIME, THE ROLE OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS IN CORPORATE ASSET PRODUCTION, AND COMMERCIAL FRAUD. SEPARATE LISTS OF ABSTRACTS ARE PROVIDED FOR INSURANCE, INVESTMENT, AND SECURITIES AND COMMODITIES FRAUD. OTHER TOPICS TREATED IN THE GUIDE THROUGH INTRODUCTORY ARTICLES AS WELL AS ABSTRACTS INCLUDE MISAPPROPRIATION BY EMPLOYEES, FRAUDS AGAINST LENDING INSTITUTIONS, QUESTIONABLE PAYMENTS TO FOREIGN AGENTS OR OFFICIALS, INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS TERRORISM AND COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT, ANTITRUST VIOLATIONS, AND COMPUTER FRAUD. IN ADDITION TO THE BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA GIVEN FOR EACH ABSTRACT, MANY CONTAIN A NOTATION INDICATING THE LENGTH OF THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE. THE SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESSES OF PERIODICALS AND NEWSPAPERS CITED IN THE GUIDE ARE APPENDED. A COMPREHENSIVE INDEX IS PROVIDED.