| NCJ Number: |
94338  |
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| Title: |
International Summaries: Prevention of White-Collar Criminality: Possibilities and Limitations |
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| Author(s): |
E Kube |
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| Corporate Author: |
National Institute of Justice/NCJRS
United States of America |
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| Date Published: |
1984 |
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| Page Count: |
4 |
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| Sponsoring Agency: |
National Institute of Justice/
Rockville, MD 20849
National Institute of Justice/NCJRS
Rockville, MD 20849
NCJRS Photocopy Services
Rockville, MD 20849-6000 |
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| Sale Source: |
National Institute of Justice/
NCJRS paper reproduction
Box 6000, Dept F
Rockville, MD 20849
United States of America
NCJRS Photocopy Services
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
United States of America |
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| Document: |
PDF |
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| Language: |
English |
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| Country: |
United States of America |
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| Annotation: |
White-collar crime in West Germany can best be prevented by limiting opportunity through victim education, increasing the energy required to commit a white-collar crime, legislation, increasing the risk of apprehension, and reducing profitability. |
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| Abstract: |
White-collar crime can be made more difficult by educating potential victims in how to avoid being victimized. An increase in security measures requiring more energy to defeat them and providing an increased risk of apprehension can be effective in preventing white-collar crime. The streamlining of legislation and regulations can curb business abuses such as bankruptcy fraud and fraud in the construction industry. Since most white-collar offenders commit rational, calculated crimes, accelerating that rate at which suspects are charged and sentenced could deter crime. Better education of the public also could produce increased reporting of white-collar crime. Denying the criminal any material gain from the crime could have a deterrent effect. More use should be made of the remedies offered in existing legislation for compensating victims from the illicit gains of white-collar offenders. |
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| Main Term(s): |
White collar crime |
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| Index Term(s): |
Crime specific countermeasures; Crime specific law reform; Germany |
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| Note: |
NIJ/NCJRS international summary of "Praevention von Wirtschaftskriminalitaet: Moeglichkeiten und Grenzen" (NCJ-94512). |
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To cite this abstract, use the following link:
http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=94338 |
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