Autobiographies by offenders

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Chapter 8 in Convenience Triangle in White-Collar Crime, 2019, pp 105-116 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: We return here to the convicted CEO who we introduced in the previous chapter. The purpose of this chapter is to illustrate the potential insights we can gain from autobiographies by convicted white-collar criminals. By application of the theory of convenience, we can identify motive, opportunity, and willingness as presented by the offender. Insights into white-collar crime is useful to policing this kind of offense more successfully. While being like any other investigation concerned with the past, investigating white-collar crime has its specific aspects and challenges. In the economical dimension, money helped the case offender to achieve status and attention high up in the pyramid of needs. In the organizational dimension, he was a successful and well-connected top executive who was untouchable in a principal-agent perspective. In the behavioral dimension, his willingness reflected perceived entitlement and application of other neutralization techniques.

Keywords: Business and Management; Economics and Finance; Law - Academic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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