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WHITE COLLAR CRIME - A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

NCJ Number
42502
Editor(s)
P OSTERMANN, E L WILLIAMS, K O'BRIEN, S SHAPIRO
Date Published
1977
Length
69 pages
Annotation
THIS ANNOTATED ALPHABETICAL LISTING PRESENTS 119 BOOKS, STUDIES, REPORTS, AND JOURNAL ARTICLES ON THE VARIOUS TYPES OF OFFENSES WHICH FALL UNDER THE 'WHITE COLLAR' DESIGNATION.
Abstract
THE AREAS COVERED INCLUDE EMBEZZLEMENT, ANTI-TRUST VIOLATIONS, PRICE-FIXING, EMPLOYEE THEFT, CORRUPTION OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS, BRIBERY, KICKBACKS, COMPUTER CRIMES, LAND FRAUD, SECURITIES FRAUD, TAX EVASION, AND CONSUMER FRAUD. PERTINENT REFERENCE DATA IS PROVIDED FOR RESEARCHERS, CITIZENS, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL WHO WISH TO INCREASE THEIR AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHITE COLLAR CRIME. BIBLIOGRAPHIC ENTRIES ARE ARRANGED BY FOUR MAIN CATEGORIES. THE FIRST SECTION INCLUDES GENERAL WORKS WHICH RELATE WHITE COLLAR CRIME TO THE BROADER STUDY OF CRIMINOLOGY OR WHICH DISCUSS A BROAD AREA OF WHITE COLLAR CRIME. A SECOND CATEGORY OF DOCUMENTS CONSISTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT-PROSECUTION SELECTIONS WHICH PRESENT MATERIAL OF INTEREST TO INVESTIGATORS AND PROSECUTORS AND WHICH DESCRIBE PROMISING STEPS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY SPECIAL WHITE COLLAR PROSECUTION UNITS. CASE STUDIES OF SPECIFIC TYPES OF WHITE COLLAR CRIME OR SPECIFIC CRIMES MAKE UP THE THIRD CATEGORY. THE FINAL SECTION INCLUDES FOREIGN SELECTIONS - EITHER FOREIGN ENGLISH-LANGUAGE DOCUMENTS OR NCJRS TRANSLATIONS - WHICH ILLUSTRATE THE DISPARATE DEFINITIONS OF AND APPROACHES TO WHITE COLLAR CRIME. A LIST OF SOURCES AND A RESOURCE LIST, IDENTIFYING SOME OF THE AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS PERFORMING RESEARCH OR FUNDING PROJECTS IN THE GENERAL AREA OF WHITE COLLAR CRIME, ARE APPENDED.