02515cam a2200481 i 4500 EDZ0000109314 StDuBDS 20161031105124.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr ||||||||||| 121121s2013 caua fo| 001|0|eng|d 9781452276175 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS eng StDuBDS rda pn Alfaisal Main Library HV6768 .E63 2013 364.16803 23 Encyclopedia of white-collar and corporate crime / Lawrence M. Salinger, editor. Encyclopedia of white-collar & corporate crime Second edition. Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, 2013. 1 online resource (xlii, xii, 1168 pages) : illustrations (black and white) text rdacontent still image rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Revised edition of Encyclopedia of white-collar & corporate crime, published in 2005. Includes bibliographical references and index. Since the first edition of this work, the number and severity of white collar crimes has risen to such a level that many experts attribute the near-Depression of 2008 to white-collar malfeasance, i.e. crimes of greed and excess by bankers and financial institutions which came close to collapsing the U.S. economy. Since the first edition there have also been the largest Ponzi scheme in history (Madoff), an ecological disaster caused by BP and its subcontractors (Gulf Oil Spill), and U.S. Defense Department contractors operating like vigilantes in Iraq (Blackwater). Specialized. Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 15, 2014). White collar crimes Encyclopedias. Corporations Corrupt practices Encyclopedias. Commercial crimes Encyclopedias. Misconduct in office Encyclopedias. Political corruption Encyclopedias. Administrative agencies Corrupt practices Encyclopedias. Electronic books. local Salinger, Lawrence M., editor. Sage eBooks Print version : 9781452225302 http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://sk.sagepub.com/reference/encyclopedia-of-white-collar-and-corporate-crime-2e lcc EBOOKS 479759 479759