Full Description
The study of white-collar crime remains a central concern for criminologists around the world and research concentrates on its nature, prevalence, causes and responses. However, most books on white-collar crime tend to focus on Anglo-American examples, which is surprising given the amount of rich data and research taking place in mainland Europe. This new handbook seeks to reset the balance and, for the first time, presents an overview of state-of-the-art research on white-collar crime in Europe.
Adding to the existing Anglo-American body of knowledge, the Handbook will discuss specific European topics and typical European features of white-collar crime. The Routledge Handbook of White-Collar and Corporate Crime in Europe consists of more than thirty chapters on topics ranging from the Icelandic Banking Crisis, to the origins of the study of white collar crime, to contemporary topics, such as white-collar crime in countries post-transition from communist regimes; the illegal e-waste trade and white-collar crime in professional football. Furthermore, the book contains extensive case study analyses of landmark European cases of white-collar crime.
The editors have gathered together the leading voices in the field and a final section offers commentaries on white-collar crime in Europe from eminent criminologists David Friedrichs and Hazel Croall. This Handbook will thus serve as a work of reference for all scholars and students engaged in the study of corporate and white-collar crime and will also set out directions for new research in the future.
Contents
1. An introduction to white-collar and corporate crime in Europe, W. Huisman, , J. van Erp, G. Vande Walle and J. BeckersPart I Defining and measuring white-collar and corporate crime in Europe2. The measurement of corporate crime: an exercise in futility?, C. Walburg3. Determining the adequate enforcement of white-collar and corporate crimes in Europe, N. Lord and M. Levi4. Charting Europe's moral economies: Citizens, consumers, and the crimes of everyday life, S. Karstedt5. On the Difficulty of Measuring Economic Crime, L. Korsell6. Measuring white-collar crime perceptions among public and white collar offenders: A comparative investigation of four European countries, T. Alalehto and D. LarssonPart II Historical perspectives on white-collar and corporate crime in Europe7. Willem Bonger: the unrecognized European pioneer of the study of white collar crime, P. Hebberecht8. Corporate involvement in the Holocaust and other Nazi crimes, A. Van Baar9. Special criminal law and inspectorates in Europe, P. PonsaersPart III Contemporary white-collar and corporate crime in EuropeWhite-collar crime in countries of transition10. Economic Crime and the Privatisation of East German Corporations, K. Boers, H. Theile, B. Bischoff, K. Karliczek11. White Collar Crime in Countries of Transition. The Lesson of Hungary, E. Inzelt12. Retroactive prosecution of transitional economic crimes in Croatia. Testing the legal principles and human rights, P. Novoselec, S. Roksandic Vidlicka and A. MaršavelskiDeviance in academia 13. Within our walls: white collar crime in Greek academia, S. Georgoulas and A. VoulvouliEU fraud.../part contents
