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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462556503321

Autore

Stadler William Andrew <1978->

Titolo

Special sensitivity? [[electronic resource] ] : the white-collar offender in prison / / William A. Stadler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, AR, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012

ISBN

1-59332-613-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Collana

Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship

Disciplina

365/.60973

Soggetti

White collar crimes - United States

Sentences (Criminal procedure) - 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; Chapter 1: The White-Collar Crime Problem; Chapter 2: Understanding White-Collar Crime; Chapter 3: Exploring the Special Sensitivity Hypothesis; Chapter 4: The White-Collar Inmate Experience; Chapter 5: Questioning the Special Sensitivity Hypothesis; Chapter 6: The Future of White-Collar Offender Sentencing; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Despite recent increases in incarceration for white-collar offenders, little is known about their prison experiences or how they adjust to imprisonment. In the justice system a view has prevailed that white-collar offenders have a "special sensitivity" to imprisonment-that they are more susceptible to the pains of prison. Stadler explores this view to determine how white-collar inmates adjust to life in prison and whether they do so differently than street offenders. Evidence suggests that white-collar inmates are no more likely to experience negative prison adjustment than street offenders, a