White-Collar Crime and Criminal Careers |
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| Author:
| Weisburd, David
Waring, Elin
Chayet, Ellen F. |
| Contribution by:
| Farrington, David
Blumstein, Alfred |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Criminology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-77162-7 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2001 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $76.99 |
Book Description:
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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. Their findings illustrate the misplaced emphasis of previous scholarship in...
More DescriptionStudies 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. Their findings illustrate the misplaced emphasis of previous scholarship in focusing on the categorical distinctions between criminals and non-criminals.