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White Collar and Corporate Crime: A Case Study Approach

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  • Laura Pinto Hansen
Series / Aspen Criminal Justice Series
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460 pages
Publication Date
2020-09-15
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This timely and engaging text introduces the key topics in White Collar Crime, while providing an overview of both organizational and criminological theory. Throughout the text, Law in the Real World examples and in-depth Case Studies offer the opportunity to apply the theoretical to actual situations. Throughout the text, experienced author Laura Pinto Hansen discusses the cultural and structural reasons for why white collar crime happens, even in the most regulated of industries, including financial markets and medicine. White Collar and Corporate Crime: A Case Study Approach provides the perfect introduction to the world of white collar crime.

Professors and students will benefit from:

  • Law in the Real World feature explores both well-known and lesser known examples of white collar crime, providing exposure to a wide variety of crimes in an understandable context. Discussion questions encourage students to analyze these examples in more depth.
  • Case Studies provide an opportunity to dive deeper into a single white collar crime case related to the specific chapter.
  • Broad coverage of a wide range of topics in a readable and engaging style. Chapters include chapter objectives, a glossary of key terms, and chapter summaries to help students understand new concepts.
  • An introductory chapter that familiarizes students with how organizations are supposed to work, in theory, if they plan on functioning within legal boundaries.
  • Coverage of the role of social networks in white collar crime, including its theory and terminology and use in criminal investigations in Chapter 3
  • Examination of the intersection of cybercrime and white collar crime in Chapter 7
  • Timely coverage, including the recent impeachment proceedings and effects of COVID-19
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About the authors
Laura Pinto Hansen

Laura Pinto Hansen earned her B.S., M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology at University of California Riverside (UCR), after a career in the finance sector, in financial and tax planning, where she first became interested in studying white collar crime. Dr. Hansen is a Professor Emerita in Criminal Justice at Western New England University in Springfield, Massachusetts and is currently teaching as a half-time instructor in criminal justice at New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico. Dr. Hansen is a U.S. and Portugal national, with dual citizenship.

Dr. Hansen’s primary occupation is currently as a college textbook writer in criminology and criminal justice. Her scholarship and research focuses have been in criminology, studying cybercrime, financial crime, youth gangs, and young juvenile offenders. She has published several peer reviewed articles, chapters in books, and is the author of Juvenile Delinquency (2024, Aspen Publishing) and Introduction to Penology and Corrections (2023, Aspen Publishing). She also published Youth Gangs: History, Recruitment, and Community Response (2024, Cognella Publishing) and is currently working on a new cybercrime textbook (2025, Cognella Publishing).

Her previous work in social causes included the prevention of youth violence and gang recruitment in Springfield and Holyoke, Massachusetts, volunteering as a grant writer and program evaluator.
Product Information
Publication date
2020-09-15
Copyright Year
2021
Pages
460
Paperback
9781543817218
Subject
Criminal Justice, Introduction , White Collar Crime
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