Understanding White-Collar Crime: A Convenience Perspective

by Petter Gottschalk

Book Overview

Understanding White-Collar Crime develops the concept of convenience as the main explanation for crime occurrence. Examining all three dimensions of crime--economic, organizational, and behavioral--the book argues that when white-collar crime becomes less convenient, crime rates will go down. By applying convenience theory to an empirical sample of convicted white-collar criminals, the text teaches criminal justice students and ethics and compliance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367596016
• ISBN13: 9780367596019
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.2"