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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462238203321

Autore

Koller Cynthia <1960->

Titolo

White collar crime in housing [[electronic resource] ] : mortgage fraud in the United States / / Cynthia Koller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012

ISBN

1-59332-602-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice : recent scholarship

Disciplina

364.16/8

Soggetti

Mortgage loans - Corrupt practices - United States

Subprime mortgage loans - Corrupt practices - United States

Housing - United States

White collar crimes - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; List of Tables; List of Figures; Chapter 1: White Collar Crime in Housing; Overview of Current Study/Research Questions; Organization of the Study; Chapter 2: Subprime Mortgaging and Fraud; Market Growth; Subprime Mortgage Crisis; Mortgage Fraud; Chapter 3: Toward an Understanding of Mortgage Fraud; Opportunity; Associations; Routines; Chapter 4: Diffusion of Innovation; The Diffusion Process; Reinvention; Chapter 5: Applying Diffusion Theory to White Collar Crime; Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice; Accounting for White Collar Crime

Chapter 6: Gathering Insights from the Field: Research Strategy Chapter 7: Subprime Lending and Mortgage Fraud Diffusion; Diffusion of Subprime Lending; Diffusion of Subprime Fraud; Summary; Chapter 8: Innovation and Reinvention; Origins of Subprime Diffusion; Subprime Characteristics; Reinvention of Subprime; Chapter 9: Attributes of Subprime Lending and Fraud; Chapter 10: Discussion and Future Directions; Appendix A: Interview Guide; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Subprime lending and mortgage fraud spread rapidly throughout the United States financial services sector during the 1990's and early 2000's, and in turn have been credited with contributing to an



unprecedented global financial crisis. Koller, using diffusion theory as an interpretive framework, utilizes industry insider insights to examine how and why these innovative lending and fraud strategies diffused so quickly and deeply throughout the housing industry. She also assesses the viability of contemporary criminological and diffusion theories to explain the creation and control of white collar