Both are available in the bookstore.
Additional readings are on reserve in the library.
An appreciation of the difficulties of enforcement and prosecution of white-collar criminality. Various forms of white-collar crime will be examined and illustrated through case studies and estimates of the extent and costs of these crimes will be presented, along with victim and offender profiles. Legal issues, including questions of corporate liability, will be reviewed. The course will also offer an introductory examination of theoretical explanations for white-collar crime committed by individual offenders and corporations. Case studies The textbook and readings for this class contain several case studies of white-collar crimes.