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Title Studying Fraud as White Collar Crime / Edited by Geoffrey Smith, Mark Button, Les Johnston, and Kwabena Frimpong
Published New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

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Description ix, 246 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Introduction: The Study of Fraud -- Part 1: Fraud in Context -- Defining Fraud -- The Extent of Fraud -- Why Do People Commit Fraud? -- Part 2: Tackling Fraud -- Preventing Fraud -- Investigating Fraud -- Prosecuting and Regulating Fraud -- Part 3: 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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-221) and index
Subject Fraud -- United States.
White collar crimes -- United States.
Author Smith, Geoff, 1957-
Button, Mark.
Johnston, Les.
Frimpong, Kwabena.
LC no. 2010050287
ISBN 9780230542488 (hardback)
0230542484 (hardback)
9780230542495 (paperback)
0230542492 (paperback)