White-Collar Crime Online: Deviance, Organizational Behaviour and Risk

This book examines the concept of white-collar crime online, arguing that it has receded from criminological perspectives and that a re-assessment is needed in contemporary digital societies. It discusses implications for corporate reputation, organizational roles, law enforcement efforts, and future directions. The book recognizes the strong lineage between white-collar crime and cybercrime and explores both European and American paradigms using case studies.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 330 pages
Publication date: 06 October 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive monograph offers the first in-depth exploration of the concept of white-collar crime in the online realm. Adopting an offender-based perspective that emphasizes the pivotal role of convenience, it aims to inform, enhance, and advance the existing literature on cybercrime, with a particular focus on its foundational category within criminology. The book argues that white-collar crime has gradually faded from criminological perspectives on cybercrime in recent years, necessitating a thorough and comprehensive reassessment of its nature in contemporary digital societies.

Following a theoretical introduction, the book delves into various topics, including the implications for corporate reputation, the diverse organizational roles employed in mitigating external and internal threats, the unique challenges encountered in law enforcement efforts, and potential future developments within the field.

White-Collar Crime Online recognizes the close relationship and interconnectedness between the study of white-collar crime and cybercrime. Employing convenience theory within a comparative analysis that incorporates case studies, the book examines both European and American paradigms, perspectives, and models to ascertain the presence of white-collar crime in the contemporary workplace and its potential connections to the ongoing discourse on cybercrime. By doing so, it reevaluates criminological theory in the context of evolving business practices, workplace dynamics, social norms, governance systems, decision-making processes, social order, and control mechanisms.

White-Collar Crime Online will appeal to criminologists, sociologists, and professionals, including those with interests in cyber-security, economics, technology, and computer science.

Weight: 445g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030821340
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022