Economic Criminology:A Convenience Theory Approach

Petter Gottschalk
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Petter Gottschalk: BI Norwegian Business School, Norway

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Abstract: The objective of this book is to present economic criminology as a distinct school within criminal justice, focused on profit-driven crime and its organizational, social, and behavioral dimensions. This is achieved through applying convenience theory, which explains economic crime through the interplay of motive, opportunity, and willingness, offering a structured framework for understanding why individuals and organizations engage in financial wrongdoing.

Keywords: Economic Crime; Convenience Theory; White-Collar Crime; Artificial Intelligence; Criminological Theories; Economic Criminology; Marxist; Criminology; External Deviance; Internal Deviance; Individual Deviance; Behavioural Theories; Behavioral Theories; Integrated Reasoning; Deductive Reasoning; Convenience Orientation; Crime Convenience Triangle; Crime Motives; Crime Opportunities; Willingness Attitudes; Crime Justification; Embezzlement; Betanien; Priest; Britta Nielsen; Digital Economic Criminals; Digital Fraudsters; Online Scamming; Norfund; Deferred Prosecution Agreements (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D73 K14 K22 K23 K42 M14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781807290603
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