Acknowledgements -- White-collar crime : introduction and overview -- What is white-collar crime -- Who is the white-collar offender -- Criminological theory and the opportunity perspective -- Explaining white-collar crime : traditional criminological theories -- Explaining whit…
"White-Collar Crime: An Opportunity Perspective" analyzes white-collar crime within a coherent theoretical framework. Using the opportunity perspective, which assumes that all crimes depend on offenders recognizing an opportunity to commit an offense, the authors uncover the pro…
"White-Collar Crime: An Opportunity Perspective" analyzes white-collar crime within a coherent theoretical framework. Using the opportunity perspective, which assumes that all crimes depend on offenders recognizing an opportunity to commit an offense, the authors uncover the pro…
"Permission to Steal begins much-needed reflection upon the disgraces that have taken place right under our noses. Citing recent examples including Enron, Arthur Anderson, and WorldCom, Lisa Newton explores what went wrong, and advocates a universal reassessment of what is consi…
American culture applauds those who will do anything to make it to the top. The past decades have seen success redefined in terms of more wealth and power. Citing examples including Enron, Arthur Andersen, and WorldCom, this work explores what went wrong, and advocates a reasses…
American culture applauds those who will do anything to make it to the top. The past decades have seen success redefined in terms of more wealth and power. Citing examples including Enron, Arthur Andersen, and WorldCom, this work explores what went wrong, and advocates a reasses…
American culture applauds those who will do anything to make it to the top. The past decades have seen success redefined in terms of more wealth and power. Citing examples including Enron, Arthur Andersen, and WorldCom, this work explores what went wrong, and advocates a reasses…
Explores what went wrong in corporate disgraces such as the Enron, Arthur Andersen, and WorldCom scandals, and advocates a universal reassessment of what is considered "good" in corporate America so that we won't again fall victim to corporate thieves.
"Research on the crimes of the powerful brings together several areas of independent and yet often overlapping areas of criminological focus, involving organizational and institutional networks of powerful people, including crimes committed against workers, marketplaces, taxpaye…
