Full Description
White-Collar Crime provides a theoretical framework and context for students and explores such timely topics as crimes in health care and educational systems, crimes by criminal justice professionals and politicians, corporate crime, environmental crime, and more. In Focus box inserts and follow-up discussion questions bring concepts to life and allow for further examination and critical thinking.
Contents
Chapter IPerspectiveWhy Study White-Collar Crime?Researching White-Collar CrimeStudying White-Collar Crime From a Scientific PerspectiveThe Student Role in White-Collar CrimePlan for the BookChapter II: Understanding White-Collar Crime: Definitions, Extent, and ConsequencesWhite-Collar Crime: An Evolving ConceptModern Conceptualizations of White-Collar CrimeExtent of White-Collar CrimeConsequences of White-Collar CrimePublic Attitudes Toward White-Collar CrimeCharacteristics of White-Collar OffendersChapter III: Crimes in Sales-Related Occupations: A Systems PerspectiveEmployee Theft in the Retail SystemCrimes in the Entertainment Services SystemFraud in the Sales/Service SystemCrimes in the Insurance SystemChapter IV: Crimes in the Health Care SystemFraud by DoctorsUnnecessary SurgeryMedication ErrorsGeneral Offending by DoctorsFraud by PharmacistsDrug Use by PharmacistsSexual AbuseElder Abuse by Health Care WorkersHome Health Care FraudDurable Medical Equipment FraudMedical MalpracticeChapter V: Crime in Systems of Social Control: White-Collar Crime in Criminal Justice, Political, and Religious SystemsCrimes in the Criminal Justice SystemCrimes in the Political SystemCrimes by Officials in the Religious SystemChapter VI: Crimes in the Educational SystemCrimes by Professionals in the Educational SystemPecuniary-Oriented OffensesSexual HarassmentDisciplining ProfessorsCrimes in the Educational System by StudentsChapter VII: Crime in the Economic SystemCrime in the Economic SystemInvestment FraudPonzi and Pyramid SchemesPatterns Surrounding Investment FraudStudent Loan FraudChapter VIII: Crime in the Cyber SystemConceptualizing Crime in the Cyber SystemTypes of CybercrimeCharacteristics of CybercriminalsCosts of CybercrimeResponding to CybercrimeChapter IX: Crimes in the Housing SystemMortgage FraudConsequences of Mortgage FraudPatterns Surrounding Mortgage FraudSlumlords as White-Collar CriminalsChapter X: Crimes by the Corporate SystemConceptualizing Corporate CrimeTypes of Corporate CrimeDynamics of Corporate OffendingPublic Concern About Crimes by the Corporate SystemChapter XI: Environmental CrimeConceptualizing Environmental CrimeVarieties of Environmental White-Collar CrimeThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)Problems Addressing Environmental CrimesChapter XII: Explaining White-Collar CrimeCulture and White-Collar CrimeDeterrence Theory/Rational Choice Theory and White-Collar CrimeStrain Theory and White-Collar CrimeLearning Theory and White-Collar CrimeNeutralizing and Justifying White-Collar CrimeControl Theory and White-Collar CrimeSelf-Control Theory and White-Collar CrimeRoutine Activities Theory and White-Collar CrimeConflict Theory and White-Collar CrimeExplaining Corporate CrimeTheories Ignored in the White-Collar Crime LiteratureIntegrated Efforts to Explain White-Collar CrimeSystems TheoryChapter XIII: Policing White-Collar CrimeAgencies Involved in Responding to White-Collar CrimeLaw Enforcement Strategies and White-Collar CrimeSuggestions for Improving the Law Enforcement Response to White-Collar CrimeSelf-Policing and White-Collar CrimeRegulatory Policing and White-Collar CrimeThe Global Police and White-Collar CrimeChapter XIV: Judicial Proceedings and White-Collar CrimeTypes of Judicial Proceedings Responding to White-Collar MisconductThe Role of Judges in Addressing White-Collar CrimeThe Role of Defense Attorneys in White-Collar Crime CasesOther Actors Involved in White-Collar Judicial ProceedingsCivil Lawsuits and White-Collar CrimeIssues in White-Collar Judicial Networking and the Judicial ProcessChapter XV: The Corrections Subsystem and White-Collar CrimeSentencing Dynamics and White-Collar OffendersThe Prison Experience for White-Collar OffendersThe Probation and Parole Experience for White-Collar OffendersMonetary Fines and White-Collar OffendersAlternative Sanctions and White-Collar OffendersPunishing Corporations for White-Collar CrimeReasons for Punishing White-Collar Offenders
