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Journal
Journal of Individual Employment Rights
ISSN
1055-7512 (print) 1541-3799 (electronic)
Volume
10
Issue
1
Date
1/1/2001

Article Facts

Title
WHITE COLLAR CRIME: CAUSES AND PREVENTION
DOI
10.2190/GEMU-3WQ5-XKLJ-AWFM
Authors
  • ROBERT J. PAUL
  • BRIAN P. NIEHOFF
Pages
41-57
Online Date
04/10/2003

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WHITE COLLAR CRIME: CAUSES AND PREVENTION

ROBERT J. PAUL
BRIAN P. NIEHOFF

DOI: 10.2190/GEMU-3WQ5-XKLJ-AWFM

Abstract

White-collar crime is a ubiquitous and extremely costly problem for American business and industry. To understand better what organizations can do to prevent white-collar crime, theories of white-collar crime were categorized as taking either an internal or external attribution of the causes of such crimes. Internal, or individual-focused, theories seek to identify characteristics of the individual that might predict criminal behavior. External, or situation-focused, theories examine processes of organizations that might have motivated or allowed perpetrators to commit white-collar crimes. Using these categories, implications are discussed, and prevention techniques are suggested.

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