10.2190/GEMU-3WQ5-XKLJ-AWFM GEMU3WQ5XKLJAWFM 41 WHITE COLLAR CRIME: CAUSES AND PREVENTION 41 57 20030410 20030410 20030410 20030410 GEMU3WQ5XKLJAWFM.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=GEMU3WQ5XKLJAWFM 1 ROBERT J. PAUL BRIAN P. NIEHOFF Kansas State University 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. K. 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