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"Despite efforts to tackle fraud and white collar crime, they still thrive in our society. This book explores the themes, theories and issues that are essential for understanding these crimes, using extensive examples drawn from recent events. This is an ideal guide to the changing landscape of fraud for students of Criminology and Sociology"--

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This Handbook brings together the accumulated wisdom of a diverse group of leading scholars on white-collar crime and corporate crime. It begins with an overview of the core themes in the study of white-collar crime. Ensuing chapters explicate the definition of white-collar crime, illuminate the distinguishing demographic, social, and psychological characteristics of white-collar offenders, and carefully dissect the social and economic costs of this form of crime. International in focus, the volume includes incisive analyses of a broad range of white-collar crimes and represents a major advance in white-collar criminology. Cutting-edge criminological theories, ranging from rational choice and opportunity to culture and the life-course perspective, are applied. The political dimensions of white-collar crime are explored through a review of research on public opinion on white-collar crime and punishment and through analyses of the politics of regulation and the difficulties of securing corporate compliance. The theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence regarding alternative white-collar crime control policies are analyzed. These policies that range from responsive regulation to deterrence through criminal sanctioning. Overall, this volume presents a sophisticated analysis of the multifaceted problem of white-collar crime and white-collar crime control, as well as a comprehensive overview of theory and empirical research in this area.

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