NCJ Number
40489
Editor(s)
G GEIS,
R F MEIER
Date Published
1977
Length
368 pages
Annotation
THIS BOOK PRESENTS A STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN THE UPPER ECHELONS OF AMERICAN SOCIETY.
Abstract
BRINGING TOGETHER 21 OF THE MAJOR CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY WRITINGS ON WHITE-COLLAR CRIME, IT CONTAINS A PROVOCATIVE ARRAY OF STUDIES OF CORPORATE OFFENSES, CONSUMER FRAUD, ILLEGAL PRACTICES IN THE PROFESSIONS, AND POLITICAL CORRUPTION. FROM THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SOCIOLOGICAL STATEMENTS ON WHITE-COLLAR CRIMINALITY, INCLUDING THE PAPER WHICH INTRODUCED THE TERM 'WHITE-COLLAR CRIME,' TO A CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNT OF 'THE WORLD BEHIND WATERGATE', THESE ESSAYS EXPLORE WHY AND HOW WHITE-COLLAR CRIME EMERGES, HOW PREVALENT IT IS, AND HOW SOCIETY REACTS TO AND DEALS WITH IT. THE CONTRIBUTORS OFFER EMPIRICAL ACCOUNTS, THEORETICAL VIEWPOINTS, AND OPPOSING IDEAS ABOUT DEFINITIONS OF, AND PUBLIC POLICY TOWARD, THE WHITE COLLAR CRIMINAL. IN ADDITION, THE EDITORS' INTRODUCTION AND COMMENTS ON THE INDIVIDUAL SELECTIONS OFFER A HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF WHITE-COLLAR CRIME. A NINE-PAGE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND AN INDEX ARE PROVIDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)