Profit Without Honor: White-collar Crime and the Looting of AmericaAppropriate for courses in White-Collar Crime, Criminology, Business Ethics, Social Problems, and Social Deviance in Criminal Justice. The book elucidates a complex and too often remote subject in a way that engages the reader and highlights the relevance of white-collar crime to every citizen. It also illuminates not only the economic consequences, but the enormous cultural and social costs of white-collar crime. |
Contents
Crimes against Consumers | 26 |
Environmental Crime | 81 |
Insider Trading | 136 |
Copyright | |
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Profit Without Honor: White-collar Crime and the Looting of America Stephen M. Rosoff,Henry N. Pontell,Robert Tillman No preview available - 1998 |
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