Studying Fraud as White Collar Crime
By: Edited by Geoffrey Smith, Mark Button, Les Johnston, and Kwabena Frimpong
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780230542488; 9780230542495
Subjects: Fraud; White collar crimes
Description: "Despite efforts to tackle fraud and white collar crime, they still thrive in our society. This book explores the themes, theories and issues that are essential for understanding these crimes, using extensive examples drawn from recent events. This is an ideal guide to the changing landscape of fraud for students of Criminology and Sociology"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-221) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: PART I: FRAUD IN CONTEXT * Defining Fraud * The Extent of Fraud * Why Do People Commit Fraud? * The Politics of Fraud * PART II: TACKLING FRAUD * Preventing Fraud * Investigating Fraud * Prosecuting and Regulating Fraud * PART III: CASE STUDIES IN FRAUD * A Very Common Fraud: The Case of the Insurance Fiddle * Social Security Fraud * Transnational Fraud * Final Reflections.