Profiling White-Collar Crime: Evidence from German-Speaking Countries
Journal
Corporate Ownership and Control
ISSN
1727-9232
ISSN-Digital
1810-3057
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2008-07-01
Author(s)
Abstract
White-collar crime is a notable phenomenon attending economic activity. But although both prominent individual cases and more systematic statistics on claims indicate a considerable and pressing problem, rather little is known about particular types of offenses, patterns of response, situational contexts, or offender profiles. Nor is much known about which instruments effectively prevent and fight white-collar crime. Utilizing an extensive dataset of 329 organizations and over 400 case descriptions from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, this analysis offers a first detailed inquiry into the relevance and characteristics as well as prevention and redress of five basic kinds of white-collar crime: corruption, fraud, theft, anti-competition, and money laundering. In addition to an explication of overarching commonalities and specific differences, we strive to show that these five types can furthermore be reorganized into two differing classes that are each internally rather homogenous. This finding is of great relevance and importance to effective strategies for preventing and countering white-collar crime.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Virtus Interpress
Publisher place
Sumy
Volume
5
Number
4
Start page
149
End page
161
Pages
13
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
216328