Gender and white‐collar crime: only four percent female criminals

Petter Gottschalk

Journal of Money Laundering Control, 2012, vol. 15, issue 3, 362-373

Abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to present an empirical study of white‐collar crime to create insights into perceptions of potential offenders with a gender perspective. Design/methodology/approach - Media coverage of individual criminals was used as identification for crime cases, which were then found in court rulings. Findings - The paper is based on empirical research of convicted white‐collar criminals. Out of 161 convicts presented in newspaper articles, there were 153 male and eight female criminals, i.e. 4 per cent. Research limitations/implications - It is indeed hard to believe that Norwegian men commit 25 times more white‐collar crimes when compared to Norwegian women. Therefore, it is a question of whether the detection rate for female white‐collar criminals is lower than for male white‐collar criminals. Practical implications - More attention might be paid to characteristics of female white‐collar crime in the future. Originality/value - Rather than presenting some cases and anecdotal evidence, the paper presents substantial statistical evidence to conclude on gender differences in white‐collar crime.

Keywords: Norway; Criminals; Gender; Fraud; Manipulation; Crime detection; Newspaper coverage; Empirical study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1108/13685201211238089

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