Screen LibraryUnderstanding white-collar crime : a convenience perspective /
"[This book] develops the concept of convenience as the main explanation for crime occurrence. Examining all three dimensions of crime--economic, organizational, and behavioral--the book argues that when white-collar crime becomes less convenient, crime rates will go down. By applying convenien...
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CRC Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Boca Raton : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"[This book] develops the concept of convenience as the main explanation for crime occurrence. Examining all three dimensions of crime--economic, organizational, and behavioral--the book argues that when white-collar crime becomes less convenient, crime rates will go down. By applying convenience theory to an empirical sample of convicted white-collar criminals, the text teaches criminal justice students and ethics and compliance practitioners to identify and understand how opportunity affects real-world criminal situations. Internal investigations of white-collar crime are discussed, and co |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 265 pages : illustrations, forms ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781498768870 (hardback) : 1498768873 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | HV6768 |
| CLC: | D917 |
| Call Number: | D917/G687-3 |
| Contents: |
Convenience theory of white-collar crime -- Economical dimension in convenience theory -- Organizational dimension in convenience theory -- Behavioral dimension in convenience theory -- Integrated approach to convenience theory -- Empirical study of white-collar -- Statements for testing convenience hypotheses -- Corporate social responsibility -- Internal white-collar crime investigations -- The case of the Betanien investigation -- |