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Record Nr.

UNINA9910739427703321

Autore

Gottschalk Petter

Titolo

Explaining White-Collar Crime : The Concept of Convenience in Financial Crime Investigations / / by Petter Gottschalk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

9783319449869

3319449869

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 131 p. 3 illus.)

Disciplina

364

Soggetti

Crime - Sociological aspects

Organized crime

Criminal law

Criminology

Crime and Society

Organized Crime

Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law

Criminology Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 1. Convenience Theory -- 2. Reports of Investigations -- 3. Economical Convenience -- 4. Organizational Convenience -- 5. Behavioral Convenience -- 6. The Case of Skjervøy in Norway -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book introduces 'convenience' as the key concept to explain financial crime by white-collar criminals. Based on a number of fraud examination- reports from the United States and Norway, the book documents empirical evidence of convenience among white-collar criminals. It advances our understanding of white-collar crime by drawing attention to private investigation reports by fraud examiners and financial crime specialists, who are in the growing business of fraud investigations. Reports of investigations have never before been researched in terms of white-collar criminals nor crime convenience. Reports of investigations by auditing and law firms represent a valuable



empirical basis - in addition to court documents and other sources of information about financial crime. A methodical and well-researched study, this book will be of particular interest to scholars of criminological theory and law - in addition to ethics courses in business schools. Petter Gottschalk has taught White-Collar Crime Investigations at Henley C. Lee College of Criminal Justice, USA, and has published extensively on knowledge management, financial crime and police investigations.