The Handbook of White-Collar Crime. By Melissa Rorie (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell)
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The Handbook of White-Collar Crime. By Melissa Rorie (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell) Megan J. Parker 1 # Springer Nature B.V. 2020
Melissa Rorie’s newly published handbook on white-collar crime arrives in the aftermath of several high-profile white-collar crime cases, including the Enron Scandal, the Financial Crisis of 2007, and Thernos. These high-profile cases and others have shed light on the devastating impact white-collar crime has on community members and society. As highlighted in the handbook, white-collar offenses frequently result in individuals losing their homes, retirement savings, investments, and loved ones. These violations also produce calamitous human right violations, unsafe working conditions, and promote the distribution of harmful products to consumers. Each chapter in the book is devoted to a specific topic under a broad definition of white-collar crime and authored by several experts in the field. The purpose of this handbook is to condense and distribute the current knowledge on white-collar crime efficiently and feasibly, while acknowledging the nature and size of the topic. The introduction of the handbook discusses the discovery of white-collar crime and acknowledges one of the most cited criminologists in the discipline, Edwin Sutherland (Jordanoska & Schoultz). The authors note that Sutherland first used the term whitecollar crime on December 27th, 1939, in his historic address delivered at the American Sociological Society’s annual meeting (Jordanoska & Schoultz). The handbook then addresses the definitional debate that is currently occurring around the topic of whitecollar crime. The chapter also highlights that white-collar crime is generally considered an umbrella term that encompasses a wide range of activities (Friedrichs). Ultimately, the utilization of several typologies is the optimal approach when attempting to assign a precise definition. The work also examines, the difficulties that emerge when researchers attempt to measure the occurrence and scope of white-collar crime. Throughout the book the contributing authors emphasize that white-collar crime is a challenging concept to measure and conceptualize because, unlike standard index crime there is no set definition for white-collar crime; thus, affecting the way researchers engage in empirical work (Wall-Parker).
* Megan J. Parker [email protected]
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University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA
Parker M.J.
The second primary theme in Rorie’s handbook is the contribution of several authors who provide definitions and accounts of the various typologies incorporated in the interpretation of white-collar crime, including occupational crime, corporate crime, state-corporate crime, state crimes, environmental crimes, and cybercrimes. The handbook proceeds to discuss the types and extent of harms associated with each area. A contributing author notes, for example, that occupational crime occurs when a potential employer is motivated and provided with the opportunity to commit a crime within the workplace for per
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