White-Collar and Corporate Crime

Gilbert Geis and Series edited by Henry N. Pontell

White-Collar and Corporate Crime

Gilbert Geis and Series edited by Henry N. Pontell

Description

In this brief, accessible text, Gilbert Geis provides a thorough overview of white-collar crime. Geis opens with a summary of the field's development and the recognition of white-collar crime as an area worthy of study. He then discusses the fascinating history of white-collar crime, examines the phenomenon of corporate crime, and explores the definitions of these crimes and the theories used to explain them.

About the Series

Keynotes in Criminology and Criminal Justice, edited by Henry N. Pontell, provides essential knowledge on important contemporary matters of crime, law, and justice to a broad audience of readers. Each volume is written by a leading scholar in that area. Concise, accessible, and affordable, these texts are designed to serve either as primers around which courses can be built or as supplemental books for a variety of courses.

White-Collar and Corporate Crime

Gilbert Geis and Series edited by Henry N. Pontell

, Acknowledgments
, About the Author
1. Enter "White-Collar Crime"
2. Historical Perspectives
Staving Off Starvation
, Greece
, The Roman Empire
, Judeo-Christian Precepts
Forestalling, Regrating, and Engrossing
The Muckrakers
3. Corporate Crime
The Background
The South Sea Bubble Case
Railroads and Reforms
Enforcement Patterns
Occupational Danger: The Moeves Case
Corporate Corruption: The Enron/Andersen Case
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Corporate Governance
Research and Corporate Crime
Summing Up
4. Definitions and Theories
Defining White-Collar Crime
, Edwin H. Sutherland (1939a)
, Edwin H. Sutherland (1939b)
, Edwin H. Sutherland (1945)
, Edwin H. Sutherland (1948)
, Edwin H. Sutherland (1949a)
, Edwin H. Sutherland (1949b)
The Backlash
, Frank Hartung/Ernest Burgess (1950)
, Paul W. Tappan (1947)
, Vilhelm Aubert (1952)
, Robert G. Caldwell (1958)
, Herbert Edelhertz (1970)
, Harold Pepinsky (1974)
, Leonard Orland (1980)
, The Yale Law School Project (1982-1991)
, Susan Shapiro (1990)
White-Collar Crime Theory
, Edwin H. Sutherland (1939)
, James W. Coleman (1987)
, Michael Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi (1990)
, Neal Shover and Andy Hochstetler (2006)
, End notes
, Index

White-Collar and Corporate Crime

Gilbert Geis and Series edited by Henry N. Pontell

Author Information

Gilbert Geis, Professor Emeritus of Criminology, Law, and & Society, University of California, Irvine, and Series edited by Henry N. Pontell, Distinguished Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice at The City University of New York

Gilbert Geis was Professor Emeritus of Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine.

Series Editor Henry N. Pontell is a Distinguished Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice of The City University of New York.

White-Collar and Corporate Crime

Gilbert Geis and Series edited by Henry N. Pontell

Reviews and Awards

"The late Gil Geis, a pioneer in the study of white-collar crime, has bequeathed this wonderful book to a new generation of scholars. With his typical historical reach, penetrating insight, and engaging style, Geis has provided a compelling overview of elite criminality that will inspire many to continue on the course that he charted." - Peter Grabosky, Australian National University

"In this concise but compelling volume, Gilbert Geis takes us on a fascinating and informative tour of the development of white-collar theory and research. Wonderfully crafted, White-Collar and Corporate Crime is an essential resource for scholars and an ideal supplement for a range of criminology courses." - Francis T. Cullen, University of Cincinnati