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  1. Investigating White-Collar Crime: Embezzlement And Financial Fraud by Howard E. Williams, 2006-08
  2. Banking crimes: Fraud, money laundering, and embezzlement (White collar crime law library) by John K Villa, 2001
  3. Embezzlement a Bibliography (Public administration series--bibliography) by Mary Vance, 1983-11
  4. The thief in the white collar by Norman Jaspan, 1971
  5. No Limit: The Incredible Obsession of Brian Molony by Gary Ross, 1989-05
  6. The criminal violation of financial trust (Bobbs-Merrill reprint series in the social sciences) by Donald Ray Cressey, 1950
  7. The Pretender: How Martin Frankel Fooled the Financial World and Led the Feds on One of the Most Publicized Manhunts in History by Ellen Pollock, 2002-01
  8. Indecent Exposure: A True Story of Hollywood and Wall Street by David McClintick, 1994-10

41. Shichor Et Al. - Readings In White-Collar Crime
FORMS OF whitecollar crime. 5. white-collar crime and the Study of embezzlement (Gary S. Green). 6. “Heads I Win, Tails You Lose” Deregulation, crime,
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Home Back to disciplines Request exam copy Order Readings in White-Collar Crime David Shichor, Larry Gaines, and Richard Ball How do we define white-collar crime? Why do we make a distinction between embezzlement by a corporate executive and “street crimes” such as theft, drugs, and prostitution? Will a change in cultural climate affect existing definitions of white-collar crime? What do studies of white-collar crime reveal about the society in which it takes place? How does the criminal justice system address the issue of white-collar crime and deal with those who commit it? There are no easy answers to these questions. Although white-collar crime has a long history, it has received little attention because violations, violators, and victims are often unclear. The eighteen articles chosen for this collection provide the opportunity to recognize and understand white-collar crime, its impact on society, and the need to enact more effective countermeasures to deal with it.
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42. White Collar Crime - Boston College
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White-collar crime takes many forms. Some examples include: embezzlement, kickbacks, bribery, pilferage, price-fixing, fraudulent financial reporting, environmental crimes, software piracy, bid rigging, insider trading, computer-related crime, money laundering, credit card fraud, check fraud, fraudulent workers compensation claims, fencing stolen property, insurance fraud, bankruptcy fraud, securities theft, consumer fraud, mail fraud, ghost employee schemes, expense report schemes, over billing customers, "dummy" vendors, invalid bank loans, conflicts of interest, etc. One way to view white-collar crime as compared to theft is that it is in essence an indirect form of theft. Perpetrators often rationalize that because it is indirect, it is victimless and therefore "acceptable". Another distinguishing aspect of white-collar crime is that it often includes an element of concealment which arises because of the perpetrator's position within the organization.

43. White Collar Crime Prof Blog: 80% Of Recent Bush Pardons Were Convicted Of White
CCN reports that the latest four pardons involve an embezzlement by a bank Although the definition of white collar crime is sometimes a term that is
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47. White Collar Crime: From Shadow To Spotlight : Trial/Jury Consulting
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48. White-collar Crime --  Encyclopædia Britannica
whitecollar crime crime committed by persons of relatively high social or The most common crimes falling into the first category are embezzlement,
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49. White-Collar Crime (from Crime) --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
embezzlement is a typical whitecollar crime. Such violations usually involve fraud, swindle, tax cheating, and other duplicity in financial dealings.
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White collar crime typically refers to crimes committed by business people, entrepreneurs, public officials, and professionals through deception, as opposed to street crimes which tend to involve force and violence. White collar crimes are generally committed to obtain money, property, or services or to secure personal or business advantages. Most white collar crime offenders are ordinary people who make impulsive or poor decisions. The white collar crime attorneys As white collar crime attorneys, the crimes we defend most often include:
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White collar crimes are typically federal offenses , and the cases are usually tried in the federal court system. The penalties associated with white collar crimes are very severe and may include house arrest, community service, restitution, supervision, or prison. A person who has been convicted of a white collar crime may also suffer damage to their name and reputation in the business world. They may find future employment or business ventures very difficult to obtain. Representation by an experienced criminal defense lawyer is essential to a successful outcome in your case.

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52. The Epoch Times | Five Characteristics Of White-Collar Crime Committed In State-
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In February 2004, the First Intermediate People’s Court in Beijing adjudicated the final sentence of a lawsuit in which the highly educated manager of a state-owned enterprise took advantage of his position to embezzle a great deal of national assets. On May 8, Qianlong.Net reported that according to statistics, the First Intermediate People’s Court of Beijing City held its first hearings on a total of 31 white-collar criminal cases, involving employees of state-owned enterprises, and convicted 37 criminals. Among those 37 criminals, ten were guilty of corruption. Eleven people were found guilty of bribery. Fifteen committed embezzlement. One person was sentenced for criminal actions. In one of the cases, Chen Wei, a Master’s Degree holder and a manager of a state-owned enterprise, embezzled more than 40 million yuan (US$5 million) of public money.

53. CJ 326 Syllabus - Spring 2001
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    The phrase " white collar crime " was coined in 1939 during a speech given by Edwin Sutherland to the American Sociological Society. Sutherland defined the term as "crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation." White collar crimes typically refer to a type of crime committed by business people, entrepreneurs, public officials, and professionals through deception normally committed in a commercial setting for financial gain, as opposed to street crimes which tend to involve force and violence.
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59. Vol. 9 No. 10 (October 1999) Pp. 428-430. FRAUD ORGANIZATION
whitecollar crime is an enigma. What it is, whether it is different in kind from street describing white-collar crime as including fraud, embezzlement,
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Vol. 9 No. 10 (October 1999) pp. 428-430 FRAUD: ORGANIZATION, MOTIVATION AND CONTROL by Michael Levi (Editor), 2 volumes. Brookfield, Vermont: Ashgate Publishing Company, 1999. Volume I, 579 pp. Volume II, 417 pp. Cloth $ 323.95. Reviewed by David Schultz, Graduate School of Public Administration and Management, Hamline University, and University of Minnesota School of Law. White-collar crime is an enigma. What it is, whether it is different in kind from street crime, who commits it, the frequency and cost of such crimes, and the motives for it remain controversial and the subject of enduring debate within the criminal justice field. Michael Levi's FRAUD provides a wide-range of articles that address these questions and challenges many assumptions held regarding white-collar crime. Levi's book is an anthology of almost everything one would want to know about fraud as a form of white-collar crime. It brings together an international collection of research on fraud drawn from dozens of journals. Volume I describes how fraud is committed in almost a "how to" fashion and it also addresses why people commit this crime. Volume II examines social perceptions of fraud and the enforcement of laws against this white-collar crime. Between the two volumes there are 44 articles ostensibly on fraud, but in total, they test many of the assumptions and claims of Sutherland's, yielding a surprising and informative picture of what white-collar crime is, who commits it, why, and how they are punished. What do these studies say about what fraud and white-collar crime are?

60. Vol. 1 No. 7 (September, 1991) Pp. 99-101 CRIMES OF THE MIDDLE
eight whitecollar crimes (eg antitrust, mail fraud, embezzlement) and two We believe that ordinary people are committing white collar crime in
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CRIMES OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES: WHITE COLLAR OFFENDERS IN THE FEDERAL COURTS by David Weisburd, Stanton Wheeler, Elin Waring, and Nancy Bode. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991. 211 pp. Cloth $24.00.
Reviewed by Stuart A. Scheingold, Department of Political Sci- ence, The University of Washington.
For those of us whose work has focused primarily on street crime, this books provides an instructive look at the world of white collar crime. Its findings feed directly into common assumptions about the differences between the two criminological worlds. These assumptions are capsulized in the title of the Jeffrey Reiman's persuasive polemic which claims that "the rich get richer and the poor get prison." Without putting too fine a point on it, that is pretty much what Weisburd and his asso- ciate's systematic empirical research uncovers. But the reach of this study extends considerably further towards a reinterpre- tation of the concept of white-collar crime. At the heart of the matter is the discovery that the bulk of white collar crime is not, as we are inclined to believe, committed by the affluent and the influential but by rather "ordinary people." I will return to the implications of this finding at the conclusion of the review.
CRIMES OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES is based on U.S. federal court data concerning offenders convicted of committing eight white-collar crimes (e.g.: antitrust, mail fraud, embezzlement) and two "common" crimes (postal theft and forgery). Of course, postal theft and forgery are hardly the typical common crimes. Had more typical street crimes, like robbery, burglary, and assault been included, the differentiation between the worlds of common and white collar crime would probably have been still sharper. Research in the federal courts does not, however, permit analysis of street crimes, which are dealt with almost exclusively in state systems. Still, the separation between the worlds of white collar and street crime is striking and it has to do with the kinds of people who commit the crimes and the sen- tences they receive from the criminal justice system.

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