This open access book examines the magnitude, causes of, and reactions to white-collar crime, based on the theories and research of those who have uncovered various forms of white-collar crime. It argues that the offenders who are convicted represent only ‘the tip of the iceberg’ of a much greater problem: because white-collar crime is forced to compete with other kinds of financial crime like social security fraud for police resources and so receives less attention and fewer investigations. Gottschalk and Gunnesdal also offer insights into estimation techniques for the shadow economy, in an attempt to comprehend the size of the problem. Holding broad appeal for academics, practitioners in public administration, and government agencies, this innovative study serves as a timely starting point for examining the lack of investigation, detection, and conviction of powerful white-collar criminals.
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This open access book examines the magnitude, causes of, and reactions to white-collar crime, based on the theories and research of those who have uncovered various forms of white-collar crime.
Introduction.- Chapter 1. White-Collar Crime Research.- Chapter 2. Theory of Crime Convenience.- Chapter 3. Tip of the Crime Iceberg.- Chapter 4. Expert Elicitation for Estimation.- Chapter 5. Research Challenges.- Chapter 6. More Research Results.- Chapter 7. Student Elicitation for Estimation.- Chapter 8. Social Security Fraud.- Chapter 9. Other Macroeconomic Estimations.- Chapter 10. White-Collar Crime Detection.- Conclusion.
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This open access book examines the magnitude, causes of, and reactions to white-collar crime, based on the theories and research of those who have uncovered various forms of white-collar crime. It argues that the offenders who are convicted represent only ‘the tip of the iceberg’ of a much greater problem: because white-collar crime is forced to compete with other kinds of financial crime like social security fraud for police resources and so receives less attention and fewer investigations. Gottschalk and Gunnesdal also offer insights into estimation techniques for the shadow economy, in an attempt to comprehend the size of the problem. Holding broad appeal for academics, practitioners in public administration, and government agencies, this innovative study serves as a timely starting point for examining the lack of investigation, detection, and conviction of powerful white-collar criminals.
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Asks why so many white-collar criminals are never detected, investigated, prosecuted, and convicted Provides insights into the methodologies for investigating the shadow economy Brings much-needed expertise from Business and Management to the field of white-collar crime
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Open Access This book is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this book are included in the book's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the book's Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder.
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ISBN
9783319752914
Publisert
2018-04-05
Utgiver
Vendor
Birkhauser Verlag AG
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
148 mm
Aldersnivå
Research, P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Biographical note

Petter Gottschalk is a professor in the department of leadership and organizational behavior at BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo, Norway. 

Lars Gunnesdal is an economist at the think tank Manifest Center for Social Analysis in Oslo, Norway.