NCJ Number
234252
Date Published
2011
Length
282 pages
Annotation
This book explores the complex problem of abuse of corporate and government power.
Abstract
This book is designed for use as either a main text in courses on white-collar crime or as supplemental text for courses on general criminology, deviance, and social problems. The primary focus of the book is on two main categories of white-collar crime: corporate crime and government crime. The author places the emphasis of the book not on individual acts of corporate criminality, but rather on organizational acts - those crimes committed in the pursuit of corporate profits and government policies or those crimes involving a network of co-conspirators acting in concert. The book examines these types of crimes in seven chapters: Chapter 1 - The Problem of White-Collar Crime; Chapter 2 - Explaining White-Collar Crime; Chapter 3 - Corporate Financial Crime; Chapter 4 - Corporate Crime Against Workers, Consumers, and the Environment; Chapter 5 - Political Corruption; Chapter 6 - State Crimes of Foreign Policy; and Chapter 7 - Prevention and Control of White-Collar Crime. The chapters include theoretical concepts, as well as classic case studies and contemporary examples of white-collar crimes. References and index