White-Collar Crime in the Shadow Economy : : Lack of Detection, Investigation and Conviction Compared to Social Security Fraud.

• Author: Gottschalk, Petter.
• TeilnehmendeR: Gunnesdal, Lars.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2018.; ©2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (164 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- References -- Chapter 1: White-Collar Crime Research -- Edwin Sutherland -- Offense Characteristics -- Offender Characteristics -- Gender Perspectives -- Occupational and Business Crime -- Convicted White-Collar Criminals -- Special Sensitivity Hypothesis -- References -- Chapter 2: Theory of Crime Convenience -- Financial Motive -- Organizational Opportunity -- Behavioral Willingness -- References -- Chapter 3: Tip of the Crime Iceberg -- Empirical Sample of Criminals -- Expert Elicitation -- Expert Panel -- References -- Chapter 4: Expert Elicitation for Estimation -- Fraction of White-Collar Criminals -- Fraction with Probability Distribution -- Fraction of Offender Groups -- Fraction of Crime Categories -- Fraction of Victim Groups -- Gender Fractions -- Total Crime Magnitude -- All Approaches Combined -- Comparison with US Estimates -- References -- Chapter 5: Research Challenges -- Participation Refusal -- Response Confusion -- Dealing with Outliers -- References -- Chapter 6: More Research Results -- Lack of Detection and Conviction -- Example: An Investigative Journalist -- Criminal Population Size -- Gender Perspectives on Crime -- References -- Chapter 7: Student Elicitation for Estimation -- Fraction of White-Collar Criminals -- Fraction with Probability Distribution -- Fraction of Offender Groups -- Fraction of Crime Categories -- Fraction of Victim Groups -- Gender Fractions -- Total Crime Magnitude -- Expert-Student Comparison -- Chapter 8: Social Security Fraud -- A Social Security Fraudster -- Different Kinds of Icebergs -- Magnitude of Social Security Fraud -- Social Conflict Theory -- References -- Chapter 9: Other Macroeconomic Estimations -- The MIMIC Model -- Magnitude of Money Laundering -- Magnitude of Tax Evasion.

Shadow Economy and Market Activities -- Magnitude of Hidden Wealth -- Wealth Held in Offshore Accounts -- Abuse of Macroeconomic Estimates -- References -- Chapter 10: White-Collar Crime Detection -- White-Collar Versus Social Security -- Crime Signal Detection -- Sources of Crime Detection -- Auditing Role in Crime Detection -- Crime Signal Detection Theory -- Lack of Crime Signal Detection -- References -- Erratum to: White-Collar Crime in the Shadow Economy -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.