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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Convenience Theory on Crime in the Corporate Sector

Author : Petter Gottschalk

Published in: Fraud and Corruption

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Theory and research on crime in the public sector are concerned with financial crime in general and white-collar crime in particular. In this chapter, convenience theory is an umbrella theory for a number of well-known perspectives on white-collar crime. Convenience theory consists of three dimensions. First, there is the economical dimension where we find desire for profits to avoid threats and exploit possibilities. Next, there is the organizational dimension where opportunities occur both to commit offenses and to conceal offences. Finally in the behavioral dimension, privileged individuals short of self-control apply neutralization techniques to accept own personal deviant behavior.

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Metadata
Title
Convenience Theory on Crime in the Corporate Sector
Author
Petter Gottschalk
Copyright Year
2018
Book
Fraud and Corruption

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-92332-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-92333-8

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92333-8_3