Oxford Handbook of White-Collar Crime

Although white-collar crime has caused a substantial amount of damage on both the individual and societal levels it often ranks below street crime as a matter of public concern. Thus white-collar crime remains an ambiguous and even controversial topic among academics with a relative dearth of scholarly focus on the issue. <p/><em>The Oxford Handbook of White-Collar Crime</em> offers a comprehensive treatment of the most up-to-date theories and research regarding white-collar crime. Contributors tackle a vast range of topics including the impact of white-collar crime the contexts in which white-collar crime occurs current crime policies and debates and examinations of the criminals themselves. The volume concludes with a set of essays that discuss potential responses for controlling white-collar crime as well as promising new avenues for future research. Uniting conceptual theories empirical research and ethnographic data the <em>Handbook</em> provides the first unified analytic framework on white-collar crime. <p/>Given the astronomical aggregate losses to victims building a more nuanced understanding of the dynamics of white-collar crime is a topic of immediate social concern. The definitive resource on white-collar crime this <em>Handbook</em> will be a valuable resource for developing both intellectual and policy-related solutions.<br>