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- catalog abstract ""Criminologists have turned their attention to the origins and paths of the criminal career for what this approach reveals about the causes, manifestations, and prevention of crime. 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." "Who are repeat white-collar criminals, and how do their careers differ from those of offenders found in more traditional crime samples? Weisburd and Waring uncover some surprising findings, which upset some long-held common wisdom about white-collar criminals. Most scholars, for example, have assumed that white-collar criminals, unlike other types of offenders, are unlikely to have multiple or long criminal records. As Weisburd and Waring demonstrate, a significant number of white-collar criminals have multiple contacts with the criminal justice system and like other criminals, they are often led by situational forces such as financial or family crises to commit crimes. White-collar criminals share a number of similarities in their social and economic circumstances with other types of criminals. Weisburd and Waring are led to a portrait of crimes and criminals that is very different from that which has traditionally dominated criminal career studies. It focuses less on the categorical distinctions between criminals and noncriminals and more on the importance of the immediate context of crime and its role in leading otherwise conventional people to violate the law."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12029656.
- catalog contributor b12029657.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""Criminologists have turned their attention to the origins and paths of the criminal career for what this approach reveals about the causes, manifestations, and prevention of crime. 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." "Who are repeat white-collar criminals, and how do their careers differ from those of offenders found in more traditional crime samples? Weisburd and Waring uncover some surprising findings, which upset some long-held common wisdom about white-collar criminals. Most scholars, for example, have assumed that white-collar criminals, unlike other types of offenders, are unlikely to have multiple or long criminal records. As Weisburd and Waring demonstrate, a significant number of white-collar criminals have multiple contacts with the criminal justice system and like other criminals, they are often led by situational forces such as financial or family crises to commit crimes. White-collar criminals share a number of similarities in their social and economic circumstances with other types of criminals. Weisburd and Waring are led to a portrait of crimes and criminals that is very different from that which has traditionally dominated criminal career studies. It focuses less on the categorical distinctions between criminals and noncriminals and more on the importance of the immediate context of crime and its role in leading otherwise conventional people to violate the law."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-182) and index.".
- catalog description "White-collar crime and criminal careers -- Dimensions of official criminal careers -- Crimes of crisis and opportunity -- Chronic offenders -- Prison sanctions and criminal careers -- Understanding recidivism -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Detailed information about the sample -- Appendix B: The imprisonment model.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 189 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521771625 (hbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0521777631 (pbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Cambridge criminology series.".
- catalog isPartOf "Cambridge studies in criminology [i.e. Cambridge criminology series]".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, UK : New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "364.16/8 21".
- catalog subject "Commercial criminals.".
- catalog subject "HV6768 .W44 2001".
- catalog subject "White collar crimes.".
- catalog tableOfContents "White-collar crime and criminal careers -- Dimensions of official criminal careers -- Crimes of crisis and opportunity -- Chronic offenders -- Prison sanctions and criminal careers -- Understanding recidivism -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Detailed information about the sample -- Appendix B: The imprisonment model.".
- catalog title "White-collar crime and criminal careers / David Weisburd, Elin Waring with Ellen F. Chayet.".
- catalog type "text".