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White-collar and corporate crime / Gilbert Geis, Ph.D. (University of California, Irvine).
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Geis, Gilbert, author.
- Series:
- Keynotes in criminology and criminal justice series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- White collar crimes.
- Commercial crimes.
- Physical Description:
- x, 162 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- "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."--Page 4 of cover.
- Contents:
- Enter "white-collar crime"
- Historical perspectives
- Corporate crime
- Definitions and theories.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-148) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0190219289
- 9780190219284
- OCLC:
- 922155267
- Publisher Number:
- 99966556286
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