Table Of Contents:

• Preface
• What’s New in the Third Edition
• Acknowledgments
• Acknowledgments for the First Edition
• Acknowledgments for the Second Edition
• Acknowledgments for the Third Edition
• About the Author
• Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview of White-Collar Crime: A Systems Perspective
• Why Study White-Collar Crime?
• Researching White-Collar Crime
• Studying White-Collar Crime From a Scientific Perspective
• The Student Role in White-Collar Crime
• Plan for the Book
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 2. Understanding White-Collar Crime: Definitions, Extent, and Consequences
• White-Collar Crime: An Evolving Concept
• Modern Conceptualizations of White-Collar Crime
• Extent of White-Collar Crime
• Consequences of White-Collar Crime
• Public Attitudes Toward White-Collar Crime
• Characteristics of White-Collar Offenders
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 3. Crime in Sales-Related Occupations: A Systems Perspective
• Employee Theft in the Retail System
• Crime in the Entertainment Services System
• Fraud in the Sales/Service System
• Crime in the Insurance System
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 4. Crime in the Health Care System
• Fraud by Doctors
• Telemedicine Fraud
• Fraud by Pharmacists
• Drug Use by Pharmacists
• Sexual Abuse
• Elder Abuse by Health Care Workers
• Home Health Care Fraud
• Durable Medical Equipment Fraud
• Medical Malpractice
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 5. Crime in Systems of Social Control: White-Collar Crime in Criminal Justice, Military, and Religious Systems
• Crime in the Criminal Justice System
• Crime in the Military System
• Crime by Officials in the Religious System
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 6. Crime in the Political System
• Election Law Violations
• Campaign Finance Violations
• Political Corruption
• Apolitical White-Collar Crime
• State-Corporate Crime
• President Donald Trump and Crime in the Political System
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 7. Crime in the Educational System
• Crimes by Professionals in the Educational System
• Pecuniary-Oriented Offenses
• Sexual Harassment
• Sexual Abuse
• Disciplining Professors
• Operation: Varsity Blues
• Crimes in the Educational System by Students
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 8. Crime in the Economic System
• Crime in the Economic System
• Investment Fraud
• Ponzi and Pyramid Schemes
• Patterns Surrounding Investment Fraud
• Banking Fraud
• Mortgage Fraud
• Student Loan Fraud
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 9. Crime in the Cyber System
• Conceptualizing Crime in the Cyber System
• Types of Cybercrime
• White-Collar Cybercrime
• Characteristics of Cybercriminals
• Costs of Cybercrime
• Responding to Cybercrime
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 10. Crime by the Corporate System
• Conceptualizing Corporate Crime
• Types of Corporate Crime
• Dynamics of Corporate Offending
• Public Concern About Crimes by the Corporate System
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 11. Environmental Crime
• Conceptualizing Environmental Crime
• Varieties of Environmental White-Collar Crime
• The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Problems Addressing Environmental Crimes
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 12. Explaining White-Collar Crime
• Culture and White-Collar Crime
• Deterrence Theory/Rational Choice Theory and White-Collar Crime
• Strain Theory and White-Collar Crime
• Learning Theory and White-Collar Crime
• Neutralizing and Justifying White-Collar Crime
• Control Theory and White-Collar Crime
• Self-Control Theory and White-Collar Crime
• Routine Activities Theory and White-Collar Crime
• Conflict Theory and White-Collar Crime
• Explaining Corporate Crime
• Theories Ignored in the White-Collar Crime Literature
• Integrated Efforts to Explain White-Collar Crime
• Systems Theory
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 13. Policing White-Collar Crime
• Agencies Involved in Responding to White-Collar Crime
• Law Enforcement Strategies and White-Collar Crime
• Suggestions for Improving the Law Enforcement Response to White-Collar Crime
• Self-Policing and White-Collar Crime
• Regulatory Policing and White-Collar Crime
• The Global Police and White-Collar Crime
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 14. Judicial Proceedings and White-Collar Crime
• Types of Judicial Proceedings Responding to White-Collar Misconduct
• The Role of Judges in Addressing White-Collar Crime
• The Role of Prosecutors in Addressing White-Collar Crime
• The Role of Defense Attorneys in White-Collar Crime Cases
• Other Actors Involved in White-Collar Crime Judicial Proceedings
• Civil Lawsuits and White-Collar Crime
• Issues in White-Collar Crime Judicial Process
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 15. The Corrections Subsystem and White-Collar Crime
• Sentencing Dynamics and White-Collar Offenders
• The Prison Experience for White-Collar Offenders
• The Probation and Parole Experience for White-Collar Offenders
• Monetary Fines and White-Collar Offenders
• Alternative Sanctions and White-Collar Offenders
• Punishing Corporations for White-Collar Crime
• Reasons for Punishing White-Collar Offenders
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Glossary
• References
• Index