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.
| ISBN: | 9780521662178 |
| Publication date: | 14th November 2005 |
| Author: | Neal Shover, Andrew Hochstetler |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 232 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Criminology |
| Genres: |
Crime and criminology |