Choosing white-collar crime / Neal Shover, Andy Hochstetler.
"For more than three decades, rational-choice theory has reigned as the dominant approach both for interpreting crime and as underpinning for crime-control programs. Although it has been applied to an array of street crimes, white-collar crime and those who commit it have thus far received less...
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| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press).
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| Summary: | "For more than three decades, rational-choice theory has reigned as the dominant approach both for interpreting crime and as underpinning for crime-control programs. Although it has been applied to an array of street crimes, white-collar crime and those who commit it have thus far received less attention. Choosing White-Collar Crime is a systematic application of rational-choice theory to problems of explaining and controlling white-collar crime. It distinguishes ordinary and upperworld white-collar crime and presents reasons theoretically for believing that both have increased substantially in recent decades. Reasons for the increase include the growing supply of white-collar lure and non-credible oversight. Choosing White-Collar Crime also examines criminal decision making by white-collar criminals and their criminal careers. The book concludes with reasons for believing that problems of white-collar crime will continue unchecked in the increasingly global economy and calls for strengthened citizen movements to rein in the increases."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-204) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521662176 9780521662178 052166554X 9780521665544 052166294X 9780521662949 |