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

About this book

In this brief accessible text Gilbert Geis provides a thorough overview of white-collar crime. Geis opens with a summary of the fields 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.