Profit Without Honor : White-Collar Crime and the Looting of America - Softcover

Rosoff, Stephen M.; Pontell, Henry N.; Tillman, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131148745 ISBN 13: 9780131148741

Publisher: Addison-Wesley (Sd), 2003

Synopsis

Timely and engaging, the new edition of this popular book reflects the significant new developments in the study of white-collar crime, including the Enron, WorldCom, Global Crossing, Qwest Communications, Adelphia, Rite-Aid, ImClone, and Arthur Andersen scandals. It covers this very broad subject by describing the extent of the injuries caused by this type of crime: hazardous workplaces, medical malfeasance, unsafe products, and social costs. Victimology is a critical element of this book: it helps give the problem personal relevance. The nature and extent of these acts are fully documented using academic and popular sources. An ongoing theme of this book is that white-collar crime spares no one. Topics include: crimes against consumers, unsafe products, environmental crime, institutional corruption (mass media and religion), securities fraud, corporate fraud, fiduciary fraud (banking, insurance, and pension fund crime), government crime, corruption of public officials, medical crime, and computer crime. Appropriate for all criminal justice/law enforcement-related personnel who deal with white-collar/corporate crime issues, as well as for all members of police departments.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Communicates in a clear, straightforward manner that is both entertaining and informative. Spotlights a different form of white-collar crime in each chapter, making each chapter self-contained and allowing for any organization of topics.

About the Author:

Stephen M. Rosoff is associate professor of sociology and Director of the Graduate Criminology Program at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. He received his Ph.D. in social ecology from the University of California, Irvine. He has written extensively on white-collar crime and professional deviance, particularly in the areas of medical fraud and computer crime. He is co-author of two forthcoming books: Contemporary Legal Issues: Whose Rights? Who's Right? (Roxbury Press) and Deviance and Deviants (Prentice Hall).

Henry N. Pontell is professor of criminology, law and society in the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. A widely recognized authority on white-collar crime, including financial institution fraud and crime in the health care industry, and writer in a number of areas of criminology and sociology, in 2001 he received the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Cressey Award for major lifetime contributions to the study, detection and deterrence of fraud. His recent books include: Big Money Crime: Fraud and Politics in the Savings and Loan Crisis, and Contemporary Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice: Essays in Honor of Gilbert Geis.

Robert H. Tillman is associate professor of sociology at St. John's University in New York City. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California, Davis. He is the author and co-author of several books on white-collar crime, including: Global Pirates: Fraud in the Offshore Insurance Industry (Northeastern University Press, forthcoming); Broken Promises: Fraud by Small Business Health Insurers (Northeastern University Press); and Big Money Crime: Fraud and Politics in the Savings and Loan Crisis (University of California Press).

About this edition

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley (Sd)
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0131148745
• ISBN 13: 9780131148741
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 576