NCJ Number
199445
Date Published
2003
Length
189 pages
Annotation
This book provides a framework for corrections professionals and criminal justice students to understand the white-collar offender and assist those responsible in overseeing the incarceration of white-collar inmates.
Abstract
Since Edwin Sutherland first created the concept of white-collar crime over 60 years ago, white-collar crime has received a great deal of attention. The focus has been predominantly on the types of white-collar offending and explanations for this misconduct. However, the incarceration experience of white collar offenders has received little, if any attention. This book tries to fill this void by examining the way white-collar offenders experience incarcerations and the implications for supervising white-collar offenders in the community. The book is intended for criminal justice professionals, academics, and researchers searching for a better understanding of the role of the criminal justice system in punishing all types of offenders and for the use in criminal justice, corrections, sociology, and white-collar crime courses exploring the punishment of elite offenders. Four themes emerge as the basis of this book: (1) how white-collar crime is massive in its consequences; (2) how different supervision strategies may be needed for white-collar offenders to ensure the efficiency and safety of institutional routines; (3) the imprisonment of white-collar offenders and what effects this has on this type of offender; and (4) sanctions given to white-collar offenders should be proportionate to sanctions given to street offenders who committed similar offenses, and how the justice system can do a better job of meeting the needs of individual victims and the community. The book is divided into six chapters that cover: (1) white-collar crime and white-collar time; (2) motivations for white-collar crime; (3) truth and consequences-denial, excuses, justifications, and white-collar crime consequences; (4) experiences of white-collar inmates; (5) supervising and treating white-collar offenders in institutions and the community; and (6) concluding remarks on white-collar crime and white-collar time. Through the promotion of understanding this aspect of the response to white-collar misconduct, what is needed to improve the whole justice system’s response to these offenses will become evident. Tables, figures, and references