TY - BOOK AU - Salinger,Lawrence M. ED - Sage eBooks TI - Encyclopedia of white-collar and corporate crime SN - 9781452276175 (ebook) : AV - HV6768 .E63 2013 U1 - 364.16803 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Thousand Oaks, California PB - SAGE Publications KW - White collar crimes KW - Encyclopedias KW - Corporations KW - Corrupt practices KW - Commercial crimes KW - Misconduct in office KW - Political corruption KW - Administrative agencies KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Revised edition of Encyclopedia of white-collar & corporate crime, published in 2005; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - 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) UR - http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://sk.sagepub.com/reference/encyclopedia-of-white-collar-and-corporate-crime-2e ER -