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Overview
Original writings explore the issue of white-collar crime and the controversies that surround it, focusing on the vastness of state-corporate and white-collar crime, the victimization that results, and the ways these crimes affect society environmentally, politically, economically and personally.
- The chapters written for this volume tackle all the major controversies related to white-collar crime: issues of definition, questions of harm and cost, conflicts of interest in enforcement and control, and questions of public policy.
Synopsis
The topic of white-collar crime is introduced and major controversies related to white-collar crime are discussed in this text in the tradition of Edwin Sutherland's definition of white-collar crime as "crime committed by a person of respectability and high status in the course of his occupation." Material situates white collar crime in the political-economic reality, arguing that it is not an aberration but the normal way of doing business and making law in contemporary society. Some topics discussed include state-corporate crime in a globalized world, toxic crimes and environmental justice, and the strategic role of women's NGOs. The editor is affiliated with Eastern Kentucky University.
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