Private Policing of Economic Crime
Private Policing of Economic Crime

Author: Petter Gottschalk

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-02-15

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1000344312

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This book discusses private policing conducted by fraud examiners and financial crime specialists when there is suspicion of white-collar crime. The theory of convenience applies to the suspected crime, while the maturity model applies to the conducted investigation. Private policing of economic crime by fraud examiners in internal investigations is a topic of increasing concern as there is a growing business for law firms and auditing firms to conduct inquiries and reviews when there is suspicion of misconduct, wrongdoing, and crime by white-collar offenders. The key features of this book are the application of a structural model for convenience theory and the application of a maturity model for fraud examinations. The structural model assesses convenience themes for motive, opportunity, and willingness in each case study, while the maturity model assesses the level of private policing maturity in fraud examinations. For the first time, two emerging frameworks to study white-collar offenses and private policing maturity are introduced and applied to a number of cases from Denmark, Iceland, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. This book will be essential to those studying law, business, and criminology, as well as practicing fraud examiners.

Exploring the Complexities of Criminal Justice
Exploring the Complexities of Criminal Justice

Author: Gottschalk, Petter

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2024-10-22

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13:

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In democratic societies with criminal justice, a suspected individual is considered innocent until proven guilty beyond any reasonable and sensible doubt. Yet the media and the public—and sometimes also the police and prosecution—may pass a verdict of guilt by blaming and shaming independent of potential evidence and proof. Rumors, allegations, accusations, and other forms of unsubstantiated claims are allowed to surface and form a basis for the guilt conclusion. It is important to explore the complexities of criminal justice and challenge these harmful tendencies. Exploring the Complexities of Criminal Justice discusses a number of cases where named individuals are convicted in public long before they eventually receive a final verdict from a court of justice. The scope of this book is to provide a comprehensive view of several case studies and several ties to convenience theory. Covering topics such as corporate crime, corruption court cases, and investigation, this book is an excellent resource for criminal justice professionals, legal scholars and academicians, journalist and media professionals, policymakers, and more.

Imagining Security
Imagining Security

Author: Jennifer Wood

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-11

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1134016387

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This book is concerned with the ways in which the problem of security is thought about and promoted by a range of actors and agencies in the public, private and nongovernmental sectors. The authors are concerned not simply with the influence of risk-based thinking in the area of security, but seek rather to map the mentalities and practices of security found in a variety of sectors, and to understand the ways in which thinking from these sectors influence one another. Their particular concern is to understand the drivers of innovation in the governance of security, the conditions that make innovation possible and the ways in which innovation is imagined and realised by actors from a wide range of sectors. The book has two key themes: first, governance is now no longer simply shaped by thinking within the state sphere, for thinking originating within the business and community spheres now also shapes governance, and influence one another. Secondly, these developments have implications for the future of democratic values as assumptions about the traditional role of government are increasingly challenged. The first five chapters of the book explore what has happened to the governance of security, through an analysis of the drivers, conditions and processes of innovation in the context of particular empirical developments. Particular reference is made here to 'waves of change' in security within the Ontario Provincial Police in Canada. In the final chapter the authors examine the implications of 'nodal governance' for democratic values, and then suggest normative directions for deepening democracy in these new circumstances.

Security
Security

Author: Lucia Zedner

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-05-07

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1135249016

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Today security is a central theme in criminology; as security governs our lives, governing security becomes a priority. This important text provides an authoritative introduction to security, serving simultaneously as an introduction and as a timely reflection upon the significance, implications, and dangers of 'security'.

Corporate Compliance
Corporate Compliance

Author: Petter Gottschalk

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-10-31

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 3031161238

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Compliance has long been identified by scholars of white-collar crime as a key strategic control device in the regulation of corporations and complex organisations. Nevertheless, this essential process has been largely ignored within criminology as a specific subject for close scrutiny – Corporate Compliance: Crime, Convenience and Control seeks to address this anomaly. This initiating book applies the theory of convenience to provide criminological insight into the enduring self-regulatory phenomenon of corporate compliance. Convenience theory suggests that compliance is challenged when the corporation has a strong financial motive for illegitimate profits, ample organisational opportunities to commit and conceal wrongdoing, and executive willingness for deviant behaviour. Focusing on white-collar deviance and crime within corporations, the book argues that lack of compliance is recurrently a matter of deviant behaviour by senior executives within organisations who abuse their privileged positions to commission, commit and conceal financial crime.

Trusted White-Collar Offenders
Trusted White-Collar Offenders

Author: Petter Gottschalk

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-04-24

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 3030738620

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This book uses global case studies of white-collar crime to examine offenders in top business positions and their motives. Drawing on the theory of convenience, this book opens up new perspectives of white-collar offenders in terms of their financial motives, their professional opportunities, and their personal willingness for deviant behaviour. It focusses on three groups of privileged individuals who have abused their positions for economic gain: people who occupied the position of chair of the board, people who were chief executive officers, and female offenders in top positions, and the related white-collar crimes. Convenience themes are identified in each case using the structural model for convenience theory. The case studies are from Denmark, Germany, Japan, Moldova, Norway, Sweden, and the United States. This book speaks to those interested in white-collar crime, criminal justice, policing, organizational behaviour and business administration.

The Routledge Handbook of White-Collar and Corporate Crime in Europe
The Routledge Handbook of White-Collar and Corporate Crime in Europe

Author: Judith van Erp

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-04-10

Total Pages: 784

ISBN-13: 1317936701

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The study of white-collar crime remains a central concern for criminologists around the world and research concentrates on its nature, prevalence, causes and responses. However, most books on white-collar crime tend to focus on Anglo-American examples, which is surprising given the amount of rich data and research taking place in mainland Europe. This new handbook seeks to reset the balance and, for the first time, presents an overview of state-of-the-art research on white-collar crime in Europe. Adding to the existing Anglo-American body of knowledge, the Handbook will discuss specific European topics and typical European features of white-collar crime. The Routledge Handbook of White-Collar and Corporate Crime in Europe consists of more than thirty chapters on topics ranging from the Icelandic Banking Crisis, to the origins of the study of white collar crime, to contemporary topics, such as white-collar crime in countries post-transition from communist regimes; the illegal e-waste trade and white-collar crime in professional football. Furthermore, the book contains extensive case study analyses of landmark European cases of white-collar crime. The editors have gathered together the leading voices in the field and a final section offers commentaries on white-collar crime in Europe from eminent criminologists David Friedrichs and Hazel Croall. This Handbook will thus serve as a work of reference for all scholars and students engaged in the study of corporate and white-collar crime and will also set out directions for new research in the future.

Policing Global Movement
Policing Global Movement

Author: S. Caroline Taylor

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2012-09-24

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1466507276

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The movement of humans across borders is increasing exponentially‘some for benign reasons, others nefarious, including terrorism, human trafficking, and people smuggling. Consequently, the policing of human movement within and across borders has been and remains a significant concern to nations. Policing Global Movement: Tourism, Migration, Human T

Convenience Dynamics and White-Collar Crime
Convenience Dynamics and White-Collar Crime

Author: Petter Gottschalk

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-09-13

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1000178579

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This book introduces a dynamic perspective to study white-collar crime. It argues that as personal motives change over time, so too do organizational opportunities, and willingness for deviant behavior. The work contends that the extent of white-collar crime is dependent on the extent of crime convenience perceived and preferred by potential offenders. It discusses how potential white-collar offenders expand organizational opportunities for financial crime over time. The dynamics are illustrated here by system dynamics models to capture cause and effect relationships. The book also presents a new structural model illustrating the elements of convenience theory along with a new dynamic model illustrating the evolution of white-collar crime. The practical aspects are illustrated with a number of case studies. The book will be of interest to researchers, academics and professionals working in the areas of Criminal Justice, Criminology, Criminal Law and Business Studies.

Handbook of Research on the Significance of Forensic Accounting Techniques in Corporate Governance
Handbook of Research on the Significance of Forensic Accounting Techniques in Corporate Governance

Author: Kamwani, Suleman Sherali

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2022-02-25

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1799887561

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The financial community has undergone a realization of the failure of corporate communication required for forensic professionals to expose structural weaknesses within businesses. Many organizations and businesses within the financial community have flawed internal controls, poor corporate governance, and fraudulent financial statements. It is vital to develop forensic accounting techniques to reduce external auditor deficiencies in fraud detection and their implications and enhance corporate efficiency in fraud detection. The Handbook of Research on the Significance of Forensic Accounting Techniques in Corporate Governance discusses forensic accounting techniques and how forensic accountants add value while investigating claims and fraud. It further highlights the benefits of forensic accounting audits for corporate benefits and evidence acceptability. Covering topics such as credit card fraud, blockchain technology, and developing countries, this book is an excellent resource for accounting professionals, external auditors, students and faculty of higher education, auditors, researchers, and academicians.