White-Collar Crime and Criminal Careers

by Elin Waring, David Weisburd, Ellen Chayet, et al.

Book Overview

Studies of the criminal career to date have focused on common criminals and street crime; criminologists have overlooked the careers of white-collar offenders. David Weisburd and Elin Waring offer here the first detailed examination of the criminal careers of people convicted of white-collar crimes. Weisburd and Waring uncover some surprising findings, which upset common wisdom about white-collar criminals. Many scholars have assumed that white-collar...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521777631
• ISBN13: 9780521777636
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"