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Choosing White-Collar Crime

Neal Shover author Andrew Hochstetler author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:14th Nov '05

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Choosing White-Collar Crime is a systematic application of rational-choice theory to white-collar crime.

This book distinguishes ordinary and upperworld white-collar crime and presents reasons for believing both have increased substantially in recent decades. The book concludes with reasons for believing that problems of white-collar crime will continue unchecked increasingly in the global economy and calls for strengthened citizen movements to rein in the increases.For more than three decades, rational-choice theory has reigned as the dominant approach both for interpreting crime and as underpinning for crime-control programs. Although it has been applied to an array of street crimes, white-collar crime and those who commit it have thus far received less attention. Choosing White-Collar Crime is a systematic application of rational-choice theory to problems of explaining and controlling white-collar crime. It distinguishes ordinary and upperworld white-collar crime and presents reasons theoretically for believing that both have increased substantially in recent decades. Reasons for the increase include the growing supply of white-collar lure and non-credible oversight. Choosing White-Collar Crime also examines criminal decision making by white-collar criminals and their criminal careers. The book concludes with reasons for believing that problems of white-collar crime will continue unchecked in the increasingly global economy and calls for strengthened citizen movements to rein in the increases.

"This well-written and well-researched book contributes to the understanding of an important neglected topic." -Choice
"Choosing White-Collar Crime is a valuable book." -Eric R. Cheney, American Journal of Sociology
"[...]laudable attention paid to differences in pursuing street crime vs 'suite crime.'" -Future Survey

ISBN: 9780521662178

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm

Weight: 430g

232 pages