White-Collar and Corporate Crime: A Documentary and Reference Guide (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313380549)

This reference guide documents white-collar crimes by individuals and businesses over the past 150 years, offering the most comprehensive array of documents and interpretations available.

From Gilded Age railroad scandals to the muckraking period and from the Savings and Loan debacle to corporate fallout during the recent economic meltdown, some individuals and companies have chosen to take the low road to achieve "the American dream." While these offenders throughout modern history may have lacked ethics, morals, or good judgment, they certainly were not wanting in terms of creativity.

White-Collar and Corporate Crime: A Documentary and Reference Guide traces the fascinating history of white-collar and corporate criminal behavior from the 1800s through the 2010 passage of the Dodd-Frank financial reform measure. Author Gilbert Geis scrutinizes more than a century of episodes involving corporate corruption and other self-serving behaviors that violate antitrust laws, bribery statutes, and fraud laws. The various attempts made by authorities to rein in greed and the methods employed by wrongdoers to evade these controls are also discussed and evaluated.

Author: Gilbert Geis
ISBN-10: 0313380546
ISBN-13: 9780313380549
Publisher: Greenwood
Language: English
Published: 10/17/2011
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.60lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.70w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2012
Reference and Research Bk News 12/01/2011 pg. 104