White-Collar and Corporate Crime (Keynotes Criminology Criminal Justice) - Softcover

Geis, Gilbert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0190219289 ISBN 13: 9780190219284

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2015

Synopsis

In this brief, accessible text, Gilbert Geis provides a thorough overview of white-collar crime. Geis opens with a summary of the field's development and the recognition of white-collar crime as an area worthy of study. He then discusses the fascinating history of white-collar crime, examines the phenomenon of corporate crime, and explores the definitions of these crimes and the theories used to explain them.

About the Series

Keynotes in Criminology and Criminal Justice, edited by Henry N. Pontell, provides essential knowledge on important contemporary matters of crime, law, and justice to a broad audience of readers. Volumes are written by leading scholars in that area. Concise, accessible, and affordable, these texts are designed to serve either as primers around which courses can be built or as supplemental books for a variety of courses.

About this title

Book Description:

While white-collar crime and corporate greed and irresponsibility have recently received much attention, these misdeeds at the top of the financial food chain are certainly nothing new. Corruption, bribery, insider trading, securities fraud, stock manipulations, and illegal business practices have long been an ongoing problem in big business.

About the Author:

Gilbert Geis was Professor Emeritus of Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine.

Series Editor
Henry N. Pontell is a Distinguished Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0190219289
• ISBN 13: 9780190219284
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176