Understanding White Collar Crime (Understanding Series)

By J. Kelly Strader

Book Overview

White collar crime is primarily based upon a complex set of statutes. Understanding White Collar Crime provides the texts of the statutes, along with analyses of the statutes' elements. Because many of these statutes are open to varying interpretations, the book also extensively discusses the main cases interpreting the statutes, including a large number of U.S. Supreme Court cases. Finally, the book discusses the significant policy issues that arise in white collar crime investigations and prosecutions, such as enforcement barriers and prosecutorial discretion. Examples of new materials for this edition include discussions of the Supreme Court's recent decisions on the United States Sentencing Guidelines (Booker), obstruction of justice (Arthur Andersen LLP), mail and wire fraud (Pasquantino), conspiracy (Jimenez Recio), bribery (Sabri), extortion (Scheidler v. NOW), and money laundering (Whitfield). The Third Edition of Understanding White Collar Crime also discusses important federal circuit and district court cases in such areas as obstruction (Quattrone), mail fraud (Rybicki), securities fraud (Martha Stewart), and sentencing (various issues arising under Booker).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 142249604X
• ISBN13: 9781422496046
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
• Length: 486 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.0" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Very useful, well written book

This book was very helpful in studying for my White Collar Crime final. It covered more topics than we even covered in class and had great explanations and cites. I definitely recommend it!

The standard in understanding white collar crime

I took a white collar crime course with the author of this book. We had two texts for the class: the actual cases and this book as a supplement. The "Understanding" books are always great guides to tough courses and this book is no exception. The book discusses the major cases in the field with easy to understand language. It is broken down into various sections within the chapters to address the elements of each particular crime. All in all, the book was an indispensable resource in understanding and mastering this course. Of course, I would expect nothing less from this professor.