Model Curriculum and Trainer's Guide for Programs To Combat White-Collar Crime

• NCJ Number: 79781
• Author(s): C L Karchmer
• Date Published: 1980
• Length: 42 pages
• Grant Number(s): 77-TA-99-0008; 78-TA-AX-0050
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Battelle Human Affairs Research Ctrs
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Instructional Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: When ordering from GPO, please note that the title reads 'Model Curriculum and Teachers' Guide for Programs To Combat White Collar Crime.'

Annotation

This manual contains suggestions for setting up seminars and recruiting instructors and a 14-unit course outline covering the detection and investigation of white-collar crime.

Abstract

Each unit covers a single law enforcement issue, An instructional goal, the rationale behind the unit, the training objectives, a list of relevant skills to be developed, and a list of resource materials are provided for each unit. The 14 units include a description of white-collar crime, relationship of white-collar crime to other crime problems, investigative planning, conducting searches for violations, intelligence collection and analysis, complaint handling, locating documentary information sources, and employing financial investigation tools. Additional units cover interviewing victims and witnesses, interrogating suspects, computer-related fraud, using the computer as an investigative aid, presentating a completed investigation to the prosecutor, and using civil and administrative remedies. The introduction contains suggestions for modifying the curriculum to meet specific needs. It also discusses recruiting and orienting instructors, selecting participants, and obtaining the instructional materials. Names and addresses of organizations which have sponsored training courses on white-collar crime are included.