International handbook of white-collar and corporate crime

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Title:

Author:

Pontell, Henry N., 1950-

ISBN:

9780387341101

Publication Information:

New York : Springer, c2007.

Physical Description:

xviii, 701 p. ; 26 cm.

Contents:

Theoretical issues in organizational and corporate lawbreaking -- White-collar criminogenesis -- Critical and postmodern approaches to research -- Corporate crime and state-corporate crime -- Legal perspectives -- Forms of white-collar crime -- Professional and occupational white-collar crime -- Corruption -- Case studies -- Policing white-collar crime -- Regulation, prevention, and control.

Subject Term:

White collar crimes.

Commercial crimes.

Corporations -- Corrupt practices.

Added Author:

Pontell, Henry N., 1950-

Geis, Gilbert.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0705/2006925856.html

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Summary

Insider trading. Savings and loan scandals. Enron.

Corporate crimes were once thought of as victimless offenses, but now--with billions of dollars and an increasingly global economy at stake--this is understood to be far from the truth.

The International Handbook of White-Collar and Corporate Crime explores the complex interplay of factors involved when corporate cultures normalize lawbreaking, and when organizational behavior is pushed to unethical (and sometimes inhumane) limits. Featuring original contributions from a panel of experts representing North America, Asia, Europe, and Australia, this timely volume presents multidisciplinary views on recent corporate wrongdoing affecting economic and social conditions worldwide.

Criminal liability and intent Stock market and financial crime Bribery and extortion Computer and identity fraud Health care fraud Crime in the professions Industrial pollution Political corruption War crimes and genocide

Contributors offer case studies, historical and sociopolitical analyses, theoretical and legal perspectives, and comparative studies, featuring examples as varied as NASA, Parmalat, the Italian government, and Watergate. Criminal justice responses to these phenomena, the role of the media in exposing or minimizing them, prevention, regulation, and self- policing strategies, and larger global issues emerging from economic crime are also featured.

Richly diverse in its coverage, The International Handbook of White-Collar and Corporate Crime is stimulating reading for students, academics, and professionals in a wide range of fields, from criminology and criminal justice to business and economics, psychology tosocial policy to ethics. This powerful information is certain to change many of our deeply held views on criminal behavior.