White-Collar Crime: A Review of Recent Developments and Promising Directions for Future Research

White-collar crime is one of the least understood and arguably most consequential of all crime types. This review highlights and assesses recent (primarily during the past decade) contributions to white-collar crime theory (with special emphasis on critical, choice, and organizational theories of of...

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Published in:Annual review of sociology 2013-01, Vol.39 (1), p.309-331
Main Author: Simpson, Sally S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business structures
Choices
Corporate crimes
Crime
Crime Prevention
Criminal justice
Criminal offenses
Criminal sentences
Criminal sentencing
Criminal sociology. Police. Delinquency. Deviance. Suicide
Criminals
Environmental crimes
Individual and Society
Meta-analysis
Offenders
Organization Theory
Organizational Crime
Punishment
Sentencing
Sociology
Sociology of law and criminology
Street crime
White collar crime
White collar crimes
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Summary:White-collar crime is one of the least understood and arguably most consequential of all crime types. This review highlights and assesses recent (primarily during the past decade) contributions to white-collar crime theory (with special emphasis on critical, choice, and organizational theories of offending), new evidence regarding the sentencing and punishment of white-collar offenders, and controversies surrounding crime prevention and control policies. Several promising new directions for white-collar crime research are identified, as are methodological and data deficiencies that limit progress.
ISSN:0360-0572
1545-2115
DOI:10.1146/annurev-soc-071811-145546