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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783293403321

Autore

Weisburd David

Titolo

White-collar crime and criminal careers / / David Weisburd, Elin Waring with Ellen F. Chayet [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001

ISBN

1-107-11938-3

1-280-42947-X

0-511-17361-X

0-511-04079-2

0-511-15274-4

0-511-32504-5

0-511-49952-3

0-511-04957-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 189 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in criminology

Disciplina

364.16/8

Soggetti

White collar crimes

Commercial criminals

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-182) and index.

Nota di contenuto

White-collar crime and criminal careers -- Dimensions of official criminal careers -- Crimes of crisis and opportunity -- Chronic offenders -- Prison sanctions and criminal careers -- Understanding recidivism -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Detailed information about the sample -- Appendix B: The imprisonment model.

Sommario/riassunto

Studies of the criminal career to date have focused on common criminals and street crime; criminologists have overlooked the careers of white-collar offenders. David Weisburd and Elin Waring offer here the first detailed examination of the criminal careers of people convicted of white-collar crimes. Weisburd and Waring uncover some surprising findings, which upset common wisdom about white-collar criminals. Many scholars have assumed that white-collar criminals are unlikely to have multiple or long records or repeat offenses. As the authors demonstrate, a significant number of white-collar criminals have numerous brushes with the law and their careers show marked



similarities to the circumstances and life patterns of street criminals. Their findings illustrate the misplaced emphasis of previous scholarship in focusing on the categorical distinctions between criminals and non-criminals. Rather, their data suggest the importance of the immediate context of crime and its role in leading otherwise conventional people to violate the law.