Encyclopedia of white-collar and corporate crime:

Since the first edition of this work, the number and severity of white collar crimes has risen to such a level that many experts attribute the near-Depression of 2008 to white-collar malfeasance, i.e. crimes of greed and excess by bankers and financial institutions which came close to collapsing the...

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Other Authors: Salinger, Lawrence M. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, California SAGE Publications 2013
Edition:Second edition
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:Since the first edition of this work, the number and severity of white collar crimes has risen to such a level that many experts attribute the near-Depression of 2008 to white-collar malfeasance, i.e. crimes of greed and excess by bankers and financial institutions which came close to collapsing the U.S. economy. Since the first edition there have also been the largest Ponzi scheme in history (Madoff), an ecological disaster caused by BP and its subcontractors (Gulf Oil Spill), and U.S. Defense Department contractors operating like vigilantes in Iraq (Blackwater)
Item Description:Revised edition of Encyclopedia of white-collar & corporate crime, published in 2005
Paralleltitel: Encyclopedia of white-collar & corporate crime
Physical Description:xlii, xii, 1168 pages illustrations (black and white)
ISBN:9781452276175

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