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Studying Fraud as White Collar Crime / Edited by Geoffrey Smith, Mark Button, Les Johnston, and Kwabena Frimpong.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.Description: ix, 246 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780230542488
  • 9780230542495 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364 22 GEO.S
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Contents:
Machine generated contents note: -- PART I: FRAUD IN CONTEXT * Defining Fraud * The Extent of Fraud * Why Do People Commit Fraud? * The Politics of Fraud * PART II: TACKLING FRAUD * Preventing Fraud * Investigating Fraud * Prosecuting and Regulating Fraud * PART III: CASE STUDIES IN FRAUD * A Very Common Fraud: The Case of the Insurance Fiddle * Social Security Fraud * Transnational Fraud * Final Reflections.
Summary: "Despite efforts to tackle fraud and white collar crime, they still thrive in our society. This book explores the themes, theories and issues that are essential for understanding these crimes, using extensive examples drawn from recent events. This is an ideal guide to the changing landscape of fraud for students of Criminology and Sociology"--
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-221) and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- PART I: FRAUD IN CONTEXT * Defining Fraud * The Extent of Fraud * Why Do People Commit Fraud? * The Politics of Fraud * PART II: TACKLING FRAUD * Preventing Fraud * Investigating Fraud * Prosecuting and Regulating Fraud * PART III: CASE STUDIES IN FRAUD * A Very Common Fraud: The Case of the Insurance Fiddle * Social Security Fraud * Transnational Fraud * Final Reflections.

"Despite efforts to tackle fraud and white collar crime, they still thrive in our society. This book explores the themes, theories and issues that are essential for understanding these crimes, using extensive examples drawn from recent events. This is an ideal guide to the changing landscape of fraud for students of Criminology and Sociology"--

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