White-collar crime : the essentials /: the essentials. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Brian K. Payne.
• Authors: Payne, Brian K
• Contents: Chapter I: Introduction and Overview of White-Collar Crime: A Systems Perspective; Why Study White-Collar Crime?; Researching White-Collar Crime; Studying White-Collar Crime From a Scientific Perspective; The Student Role in White-Collar Crime; Plan for the Book; Chapter II: Understanding White-Collar Crime: Definitions, Extent, and Consequences; White-Collar Crime: An Evolving Concept; Modern Conceptualizations of White-Collar Crime; Extent of White-Collar Crime; Consequences of White-Collar Crime; Public Attitudes Toward White-Collar Crime; Characteristics of White-Collar Offenders; Chapter III: Crimes in Sales-Related Occupations: A Systems Perspective; Employee Theft in the Retail System; Crimes in the Entertainment Services System; Fraud in the Sales/Service System; Crimes in the Insurance System; Chapter IV: Crimes in the Health Care System; Fraud by Doctors; Unnecessary Surgery; Medication Errors; General Offending by Doctors; Fraud by Pharmacists; Drug Use by Pharmacists; Sexual Abuse; Elder Abuse by Health Care Workers; Home Health Care Fraud; Durable Medical Equipment Fraud; Medical Malpractice; Chapter V: Crime in Systems of Social Control: White-Collar Crime in Criminal Justice, Political, and Religious Systems; Crimes in the Criminal Justice System; Crimes in the Political System; Crimes by Officials in the Religious System; Chapter VI: Crimes in the Educational System; Crimes by Professionals in the Educational System; Pecuniary-Oriented Offenses; Sexual Harassment; Disciplining Professors; Crimes in the Educational System by Students; Chapter VII: Crime in the Economic System; Crime in the Economic System; Investment Fraud; Ponzi and Pyramid Schemes; Patterns Surrounding Investment Fraud; Student Loan Fraud; Chapter VIII: Crime in the Cyber System; Conceptualizing Crime in the Cyber System; Types of Cybercrime; Characteristics of Cybercriminals; Costs of Cybercrime; Responding to Cybercrime; Chapter IX: Crimes in the Housing System; Mortgage Fraud; Consequences of Mortgage Fraud; Patterns Surrounding Mortgage Fraud; Slumlords as White-Collar Criminals; Chapter X: Crimes by the Corporate System; Conceptualizing Corporate Crime; Types of Corporate Crime; Dynamics of Corporate Offending; Public Concern About Crimes by the Corporate System; Chapter XI: Environmental Crime; Conceptualizing Environmental Crime; Varieties of Environmental White-Collar Crime; The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Problems Addressing Environmental Crimes; Chapter XII: Explaining White-Collar Crime; Culture and White-Collar Crime; Deterrence Theory/Rational Choice Theory and White-Collar Crime; Strain Theory and White-Collar Crime; Learning Theory and White-Collar Crime; Neutralizing and Justifying White-Collar Crime; Control Theory and White-Collar Crime; Self-Control Theory and White-Collar Crime; Routine Activities Theory and White-Collar Crime; Conflict Theory and White-Collar Crime; Explaining Corporate Crime; Theories Ignored in the White-Collar Crime Literature; Integrated Efforts to Explain White-Collar Crime; Systems Theory; Chapter XIII: Policing White-Collar Crime; Agencies Involved in Responding to White-Collar Crime; Law Enforcement Strategies and White-Collar Crime; Suggestions for Improving the Law Enforcement Response to White-Collar Crime; Self-Policing and White-Collar Crime; Regulatory Policing and White-Collar Crime; The Global Police and White-Collar Crime; Chapter XIV: Judicial Proceedings and White-Collar Crime; Types of Judicial Proceedings Responding to White-Collar Misconduct; The Role of Judges in Addressing White-Collar Crime; The Role of Defense Attorneys in White-Collar Crime Cases; Other Actors Involved in White-Collar Judicial Proceedings; Civil Lawsuits and White-Collar Crime; Issues in White-Collar Judicial Networking and the Judicial Process; Chapter XV: The Corrections Subsystem and White-Collar Crime; Sentencing Dynamics and White-Collar Offenders; The Prison Experience for White-Collar Offenders; The Probation and Parole Experience for White-Collar Offenders; Monetary Fines and White-Collar Offenders; Alternative Sanctions and White-Collar Offenders; Punishing Corporations for White-Collar Crime; Reasons for Punishing White-Collar Offenders;
• Edition: Second Edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 364.168; White collar crimes
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506349268
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