Corporate crime / white-collar crime Books
Bristol University Press Networked Crime: Does the Digital Make the
Book SynopsisDo digital networks make a difference to the scope, scale and severity of social harm? Considering four distinct digital affordances for crime (access, concealment, evasion and incitement) this book asks whether they are simply new packaging for old problems, with no greater effect on society overall – or is cyberculture significantly escalating illegality? Matthew David gives fresh insights into online harms and behaviours in the fields of hate, obscenity, corruptions of citizenship and appropriation, offering a comprehensive and integrated approach for those both new and experienced in the field of cybercrime.Table of Contents1. Introduction Part I: Hate 2. Terrorism and Hate Crime: From the Long Fuse to Hate Speech 3. Bullying, Stalking and Trolling Part II: Obscenity 4. Pornography and Violent Video Games 5. Child Abuse Imagery, Abuse and Grooming Part III: Corruptions of Citizenship 6. Privacy, Surveillance, Whistleblowers and Hacktivism 7. Fake News, Echo Chambers and Citizen Journalism Part IV: Appropriation 8. Fraud, Extortion and Identity Theft 9. Sharing Software, Music and Visual Content 10. Conclusions
£24.29
Bristol University Press Crimes of the Powerful and the Contemporary
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Bristol University Press Crimes of the Powerful and the Contemporary
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£25.19
Bristol University Press Luxury and Corruption: Challenging the
Book SynopsisThe world has been bombarded in recent years with images of the luxurious lives and wealth of corrupt oligarchs and kleptocrats, amassed at the expense of ordinary people. Such images exploit our feelings of injustice, are taken as indicative of moral decay, and inspire a desire to purge our economies of dirty money, objects, and people. But why do anti-corruption efforts routinely fail? What kind of world are they creating? Looking at luxury art, antiquities, superyachts, and populist politics, this book explores the connection between luxury and corruption, and offers an alternative to the received wisdom of how we tackle corruption.Table of ContentsPreface: Luxury, Corruption, and the Assumption of Harmlessness Chapter 1: Luxury, Anti-Corruption, and the Fantasy of Wholeness Chapter 2: Russian Kleptocrat Luxury, Naval’nyi’s Exposés, and the Global Anti-Policy Syndrome Chapter 3: Compliance, Defiance, and the Fight against Crime through the Markets in Art, Antiquities and Luxury Chapter 4: Luxury, Encasement, and the Emptiness of Anti-Corruption’s Ethics Epilogue: Luxury, Corruption, and the Death Drive
£16.14
Hodder & Stoughton The American Trap: My battle to expose America's
Book SynopsisIn 2014, France lost part of the control of its nuclear power plants to the United States. Frédéric Pierucci, former senior executive of one of Alstom's power company subsidiaries, found himself at the heart of this state scandal. His story goes to the very core of how he plotted the key features of the secret economic war that the United States is waging in Europe. And after being silenced for a long time, he has decided, with the help of journalist Matthieu Aron, to reveal all.In April 2013, Frédéric Pierucci was arrested in New York by the FBI and accused of bribery. The US authorities imprisoned him for more than two years - including fourteen months in a notorious maximum-security prison. In doing so, they forced Alstom to pay the biggest financial penalty ever imposed by the United States. In the end, Alstom also gave up areas of control to General Electric, its biggest American competitor.Frédéric's story unpacks how the United States is using corporate law as an economic weapon against its own allies. One after the other, some of the world's largest companies are being actively destabilised to the benefit of the US, in acts of economic sabotage that seem to be the beginning of what's to come...Trade ReviewA cautionary tale for globe-trotting executives at multinational companies * Bloomberg *A legal thriller * Le Figaro *An extraordinary French industrial saga...a testimony that sends shivers down your spine * Le Journal du Dimanche *This is more a tale of war than a thriller. A 'covert economic war' waged by the United States to weaken U.S. companies' competition * La Croix *A wake-up call for all managers working for international companies... A warning sign for all those multinational companies that risk getting on the radar of the American justice system * Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung *
£11.69
Hodder & Stoughton Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise of Juul: AS SEEN ON
Book Synopsis'Big Vape is a dazzling story that crackles with the energy of a nicotine buzz, mixing tales of ground-breaking innovation with those of corporate greed and government dysfunction' Christopher Leonard, author of the New York Times bestseller, Kochland It began with a smoke break. __________THIS IS A STORY OF AMBITION AND GREEDJames Monsees and Adam Bowen were two ambitious graduate students at Stanford, and in between puffs after class they dreamed of a way to quit smoking. Their solution became the Juul, a sleek, modern device that could vaporize nicotine into a conveniently potent dose.THIS IS A STORY OF BOOM AND BUSTThe business they built around that device, Juul Labs, would go on to become a $38 billion company and draw blame for addicting a whole new generation of underage tobacco users.THIS IS A STORY OF OUR TIME With rigorous reporting and piercing insight into a Silicon Valley startup, Big Vape uses the dramatic rise of Juul to tell a larger story of big business, Big Tobacco, and the high cost of a product that was too good to be true. __________A propulsive, eye-opening work of reporting, chronicling the rise of Juul and the birth of a new addiction'The rise and fall of Juul is an instructive tale and Jamie Ducharme does an excellent job detailing how one bad decision after another led the company astray in this deft rendition of grand start-up dreams gone up in smoke.' Reeves Wiedeman, author of Billion Dollar Loser'Big Vape is more than just brilliantly reported and elegantly written. It is also a richly populated book - filled not just with human characters but with matters of science, finance, invention, ambition, ethics, hubris, and blazing ingenuity.' Jeffrey Kluger, bestselling co-author of Apollo 13
£18.00
Hodder & Stoughton Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise of Juul: AS SEEN ON
Book Synopsis**Now adapted as the Netflix documentary - Big Vape tells the story of how a cigarette start-up became a multibillion-dollar company until an epidemic causes its success to go up in smoke**'Big Vape is a dazzling story that crackles with the energy of a nicotine buzz, mixing tales of ground-breaking innovation with those of corporate greed and government dysfunction' Christopher Leonard, author of the New York Times bestseller, KochlandIt began with a smoke break.__________THIS IS A STORY OF AMBITION AND GREEDJames Monsees and Adam Bowen were two ambitious graduate students at Stanford, and in between puffs after class they dreamed of a way to quit smoking. Their solution became the Juul, a sleek, modern device that could vaporize nicotine into a conveniently potent dose.THIS IS A STORY OF BOOM AND BUSTThe business they built around that device, Juul Labs, would go on to become a $38 billion company and draw blame for addicting a whole new generation of underage tobacco users.THIS IS A STORY OF OUR TIMEWith rigorous reporting and piercing insight into a Silicon Valley startup, Big Vape uses the dramatic rise of Juul to tell a larger story of big business, Big Tobacco, and the high cost of a product that was too good to be true.__________A propulsive, eye-opening work of reporting, chronicling the rise of Juul and the birth of a new addiction'The rise and fall of Juul is an instructive tale and Jamie Ducharme does an excellent job detailing how one bad decision after another led the company astray in this deft rendition of grand start-up dreams gone up in smoke.' Reeves Wiedeman, author of Billion Dollar Loser'Big Vape is more than just brilliantly reported and elegantly written. It is also a richly populated book - filled not just with human characters but with matters of science, finance, invention, ambition, ethics, hubris, and blazing ingenuity.' Jeffrey Kluger, bestselling co-author of Apollo 13
£10.44
Grand Central Publishing Filthy Rich: The Jeffrey Epstein Story
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Grand Central Publishing Filthy Rich: The Jeffrey Epstein Story
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£9.49
Little, Brown & Company American Cartel: Inside the Battle to Bring Down
Book SynopsisAMERICAN CARTEL is an unflinching and deeply documented dive into the culpability of the drug companies behind the staggering death toll of the opioid epidemic. It follows a small band of DEA agents led by Joseph Rannazzisi, a tough-talking New Yorker who had spent a storied thirty years bringing down bad guys; along with a band of lawyers, including West Virginia native Paul Farrell Jr., who fought to hold the drug industry to account in the face of the worst man-made drug epidemic in American history. It is the story of underdogs prevailing over corporate greed and political cowardice, persevering in the face of predicted failure, and how they found some semblance of justice for the families of the dead during the most complex civil litigation ever seen.The investigators and lawyers discovered hundreds of thousands of confidential corporate emails and memos during courtroom combat with legions of white-shoe law firms defending the opioid industry. One breathtaking disclosure after another-from emails that mocked addicts to invoices chronicling the rise of pill mills-showed the indifference of big business to the epidemic's toll. The narrative approach echoes such work as A Civil Action and The Insider, moving dramatically between corporate boardrooms, courthouses, lobbying firms, DEA field offices, and Capitol Hill while capturing the human toll of the epidemic on America's streets.AMERICAN CARTEL is the story of those who were on the front lines of the fight to stop the human carnage. Along the way, they suffer a string of defeats, some of their careers destroyed by the very same government officials who swore to uphold the law before they begin to prevail over some of the most powerful corporate and political influences in the nation.
£22.50
PublicAffairs,U.S. Why They Do It: Inside the Mind of the
Book SynopsisFrom the financial fraudsters of Enron, to the embezzlers at Tyco, to the insider traders at McKinsey, to the Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, the failings of corporate titans are regular fixtures in the news. In Why They Do It, Harvard Business School professor Eugene Soltes draws from extensive personal interaction and correspondence with nearly fifty former executives as well as the latest research in psychology, criminology, and economics to investigate how once-celebrated executives become white-collar criminals. White-collar criminals are not merely driven by excessive greed or hubris, nor do they usually carefully calculate costs and benefits before breaking the law. Instead, Soltes shows that most of the executives who committed crimes made decisions the way we all do-on the basis of their intuitions and gut feelings. The trouble is that these gut feelings are often poorly suited for the modern business world where leaders are increasingly distanced from the consequences of their decisions and the individuals they impact.The extraordinary costs of corporate misconduct are clear to its victims. Yet, never before have we been able to peer so deeply into the minds of the many prominent perpetrators of white-collar crime. With the increasing globalization of business threatening us with even more devastating corporate misconduct, the lessons Soltes draws in Why They Do It are needed more urgently than ever.
£15.19
Hachette Book Group Guilty Admissions: The Bribes, Favors, and
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£30.00
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd About Canada: Corporate Crime
Book SynopsisWhen corporations misbehave the consequences are devastating. The monetary costs of the 2008 financial crisis, a direct result of financial mismanagement, were in the trillions, and yet none of those responsible were held to account. The monetary costs of Criminal Code theft pale in comparison, and yet our prisons are filled with people who commit street theft. In order to understand why governments, regulators, unions, activists and community groups have such a difficult time preventing and sanctioning corporate criminals we must first recognize the vital role of corporate economic power. Focusing on crimes against workers/employees, and the environment and financial crimes, About Canada: Corporate Crime traces the ways that particular systems of government from nineteenth-century crony capitalism to neoliberalism and globalized capitalism develop policies regarding the socially harmful and illegal behaviour of corporations. This book shows why governments are reluctant to pass, enforce and administer meaningful regulation of corporations: institutions and actors with the power to put thousands of potential voters out of work, generate negative commentaries from highly respected experts, and produce critical editorials from 80 percent of Canadian media (owned and controlled, let us remember, by many of these same corporations). Assessing the present state and future prospects of corporate crime, this book asks: How did we get here? What do we know about corporate crime? Why does it matter? and What are the main issues/developments today? In the end, it asks the most important question of all: How can political and economic systems be changed to prevent, or at the very least mitigate, the tremendous damage corporate activities are inflicting on human lives, health, jobs, communities and economies?"
£18.92
Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc White-Collar Crime: The Abuse of Corporate and
Book SynopsisWhen does cutting corners in pursuit of corporate profit become a crime? When should the misdeeds of government officials warrant a prison sentence? This introduction to the complex problem of white-collar crime provides students with a set of tools for exploring the abuse of corporate and government power.
£27.56
Bancroft Press Pirate Cove: An Insider's Account of the Infamous
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£25.16
Diversion Books The Caesars Palace Coup: How A Billionaire Brawl
Book SynopsisIt was the most brutal corporate restructuring in Wall Street history. The 2015 bankruptcy brawl for the storied casino giant, Caesars Entertainment, pitted brilliant and ruthless private equity legends against the world's most relentless hedge fund wizards. In the tradition of Barbarians at the Gate and The Big Short comes the riveting, multi-dimensional poker game between private equity firms and distressed debt hedge funds that played out from the Vegas Strip to Manhattan boardrooms to Chicago courthouses and even, for a moment, the halls of the United States Congress. On one side: relentless financial engineers Marc Rowan, David Sambur, and David Bonderman with their teams at Apollo Global Management and TPG Capital. On the other: superstar distressed debt investors Dave Miller and Ryan Mollett with their cohorts at the likes of Elliott Management, Oaktree Capital, and Appaloosa Management. The Caesars bankruptcy put a twist on the old-fashioned casino heist. Through a $27 billion leveraged buyout and a dizzying string of financial engineering transactions, Apollo and TPG—in the midst of the post-Great Recession slump—had seemingly snatched every prime asset of the company from creditors, with the notable exception of Caesars Palace. But Caesars’ hedge fund lenders and bondholders had scooped up the company’s paper for nickels and dimes. And with their own armies of lawyers and bankers, they were ready to do everything necessary to take back what they believed was theirs—if they could just stop their own infighting. These modern financiers now dominate the scene in Corporate America as their fight-to-the-death mentality continues to shock workers, politicians, and broader society—and even each other. In The Caesars Palace Coup, financial journalists Max Frumes and Sujeet Indap illuminate the brutal tactics of distressed debt mavens—vultures, as they are condemned—in the sale and purchase of even the biggest companies in the world with billions of dollars hanging in the balance.Trade ReviewPraise for The Caesars Palace Coup"The strength of [The Caesars Palace Coup] is its vivid, behind-the-scenes footage of the insiders who now dominate the largest corporate bankruptcy cases, vignettes that will enliven many a law or business-school class in the next decade."—Wall Street Journal“The Caesars Palace Coup recounts in exquisite detail the extraordinary lengths that Marc Rowan and David Sambur, his Apollo partner, went to stave off the inevitable bankruptcy filing of Caesars in 2015, and the extraordinary lengths they went to during the two-year bankruptcy process to try to salvage their investment.”—Vanity Fair “An investigative deep-dive into an old-fashioned casino heist, which includes a $31 billion leveraged buyout and a string of financial engineering transactions by Apollo Global Management and TPG Capital—all in the midst of the post–Great Recession slump, pitting private equity firms and distressed-debt hedge funds against each other in an ultimate poker match.” —Fortune “A casino caper and legal thriller rolled into one…. An eccentric Illinois judge, whose final ruling ultimately stunned bankruptcy aficionados, and the rantings from the Masters of the Universe make the book entertaining, maybe essential, reading across Wall Street…. The Caesars Palace Coup helps make clear what such Wall Street clashes are really about: men with big egos swinging their lacrosse sticks.” —Reuters Breakingviews “Lawyers and bankers duke it out in this thorough if dry history of the downfall of the Caesars Entertainment empire…. a welcome respite from stodgier case studies.” —Publishers Weekly “The Caesars Palace Coup is a superb inside account of what modern high finance is actually like—the strategies, the personalities, the relationships, the stress, and the shouting. Fascinating, suspenseful, and comprehensive, it is the Barbarians at the Gate of distressed debt.” —Matt Levine, Money Stuff columnist, Bloomberg Opinion “No story better captures early 21st century Wall Street like the bankruptcy of Caesars Entertainment. The Caesars Palace Coup is a well-researched, engaging modern-day corporate thriller, filled with epic courtroom and boardroom battles and the kinds of colorful characters that only exist on the buy-side. This is the fascinating inside story of a clash of the titans—the who’s who of distressed hedge funds battling each other and private equity giants Apollo and TPG for their piece of the Las Vegas casino conglomerate. . . . [A] must read for anyone who loves the deals and the drama that so often characterize the ins and outs of Wall Street and corporate restructuring.” —Kristin Mugford, Harvard Business School “In The Caesars Palace Coup, two of Wall Street’s most plugged-in journalists take us deep inside corporate raiding, 21st century style. Exploiting distressed debt instead of undervalued stock, buccaneer hedge funds and other vulture investors pay seventy, sixty, sometimes less than fifty cents on the dollar to scoop up controlling stakes in troubled companies. This breathtaking narrative culminates in bitter financial and courtroom warfare as Apollo Global Management, its allies, and its high-powered lawyers and lobbyists maneuver relentlessly against equally savvy investors to freeze them out of the resulting rise in profits and force them to accept a ‘cramdown’ settlement of their stakes in the company.” —Paul Steiger, former Wall Street Journal managing editor and founding editor of ProPublica “The distressed debt markets are the most rough-and-tumble corner of Wall Street, and Indap and Frumes have written the best book yet on the machinations, power moves, and personalities of the investors who make fortunes rolling the distressed debt dice.” —Jared A. Ellias, Bion M. Gregory Chair in Business Law, the University of California, Hastings "There is so much to like in this book. Its primary strength is its Law & Order backstory, peeling back the onion of every major player...Four years of painstaking personal interviews have paid off handsomely in this fascinating account of the inner workings of big money and big law reorganization practice." —Jason Kilborn, Credit Slips
£16.19
Information Age Publishing Mastering Anti-Corruption: The Practitioners'
Book SynopsisThe book Mastering Anti-Corruption - The Practitioners' View is aimed at presenting different ways and modes of mastering anti-corruption in selected countries. By showing examples and cases the authors of particular chapters would like to emphasize the necessity of implementing solutions that will help to prevent corruption at all or at least will diminish its negative effects on business and human beings.The book is divided into four parts: “Introduction”, “Anti-Corruption as a Topic in Practice - national and international perspective”, “Anti-Corruption as a Topic in Practice - organizational perspective” and “Anti- Corruption as a Topic in Practice - ethical perspective”. Authors of this book presented a wide range of issues and topics covering the problem of preventing and fighting the corruption around the world. Hopefully the cases will constitute a good practice for countries and nations facing the problem of corruption and will be an inspiration for further research as well as practical applications in this area.
£44.96
Information Age Publishing Mastering Anti-Corruption: The Practitioners'
Book SynopsisThe book Mastering Anti-Corruption - The Practitioners' View is aimed at presenting different ways and modes of mastering anti-corruption in selected countries. By showing examples and cases the authors of particular chapters would like to emphasize the necessity of implementing solutions that will help to prevent corruption at all or at least will diminish its negative effects on business and human beings.The book is divided into four parts: “Introduction”, “Anti-Corruption as a Topic in Practice - national and international perspective”, “Anti-Corruption as a Topic in Practice - organizational perspective” and “Anti- Corruption as a Topic in Practice - ethical perspective”. Authors of this book presented a wide range of issues and topics covering the problem of preventing and fighting the corruption around the world. Hopefully the cases will constitute a good practice for countries and nations facing the problem of corruption and will be an inspiration for further research as well as practical applications in this area.
£82.80
Mango Media The Best New True Crime Stories: Unsolved Crimes
Book SynopsisUnsolved Crimes, Cold Cases, and Mysterious Stories“Haunting and heartbreaking, The Best New True Crime Stories: Unsolved Crimes & Mysteries lives up to its title, and is a must-read for true crime aficionados...”—Alex Finlay, author of Every Last Fear and The Night Shift#1 New Release in Medical Forensic PsychologyThis collection of cold cases examines crimes that are dark, scary, mysterious, and still waiting to be solved.Unsolved crimes, unanswered questions. Crimes are meant to be solved. But what happens when they’re not? For the individuals involved—from the victims and their families to police investigators—this is the most frustrating part of all. For them there’s no resolution, no justice, no tidy boxes in which to pack away all the bits and pieces of a puzzle that finally links together. Instead, they are only left with questions that may never get answered. Chilling cold cases & unexplained mysteries. The Best New True Crime Stories examines a fascinating assortment of unsolved murders, unsolved crimes, serial killers, and mysterious stories from around the world, from the past to the contemporary. Like the previous anthologies in The Best New True Crime Stories series, this volume contains all-new and original nonfiction accounts penned by international writers from across the literary spectrum, from true crime and crime fiction to journalism. Contributors include Dean Jobb, Joan Renner, Cathy Pickens, Lindsey Danis, Anya Wassenberg, and many others.Inside, you’ll find: A varied assortment of unsolved crimes and mysterious murders Murder cases to solve, told by writers from around the world France’s “Valley of Hell” mystery and the story of Austria’s most wanted If you like books about murder cases or liked The Book of Cold Cases, If You Tell, or Unmasked, you’ll love The Best New True Crime Stories.Trade Review“...The sixth in the long running series presented by master editor Mitzi Szereto.... The Best New True Crime Stories Unsolved Crimes & Mysteries is for those of us who love this genre.”—Midwest Book Review"Great book, highly recommended for all fans of crime stories, true or otherwise." —Readers' Favorite“Haunting and heartbreaking, The Best New True Crime Stories: Unsolved Crimes & Mysteries lives up to its title, and is a must-read for true crime aficionados. It’s an ambitious collection of unsolved mysteries, spanning the globe and time—from France in the Roaring Twenties to Los Angeles in the 1960s to the Appalachian Trail in the 1990s, and beyond. The authors skillfully shed new light on long-forgotten murders, chronical a baffling and brazen art heist, and lay bare the systemic and societal failures in each case. But most of all, the authors honor the victims. Because maybe, just maybe, these renewed accounts will spawn new clues that will provide answers to grieving families, and perhaps even justice. I can’t stop thinking about these stories, and I highly recommend.” —Alex Finlay, author of Every Last Fear and The Night Shift “Ever since reading Megan Abbott’s The Song Is You, I can’t get enough of Jean Spangler, so I was thrilled to see the bizarre 1949 disappearance of the Hollywood bit actress turn up in Mitzi Szereto’s latest collection of unsolved true crimes. If you love history and mystery, you’ll love this book.” —David Bushman, author of Murder at Teal’s Pond: Hazel Drew and the Mystery That Inspired Twin Peaks “An unusually moving read. I was struck by the compassion and sensitivity with which the murders were described, as each of the authors felt a personal sympathy with and even a connection to the case.” —Linda Stratmann, author of thirty true crime and crime fiction books, including her new series featuring a young Sherlock Holmes “Quality literature always leaps from the pages when professional true crime writers dip quills into ink. This book is no exception. A great compilation of gut-wrenching cases giving ‘reader involvement and participation:’ the authors ‘talk to the reader’ not ‘at the reader,’ which is a style I encourage and thoroughly endorse. Well laid out. Dedicated research. This is a must-read book for all those interested in true crime.” —Christopher Berry-Dee, criminologist; christopherberrydee.com “Author and editor extraordinaire Mitzi Szereto has assembled an outstanding group of leading authors from throughout the world for this incredible collection—The Best New True Crime Stories: Unsolved Crimes & Mysteries. A truly fantastic anthology!” —Dan Zupansky, author and host of True Murder“People can’t seem to get enough of true crime stories these days, and I’m one of them. The Best New True Crime Stories: Unsolved Crimes & Mysteries, the sixth installment of Mitzi Szereto’s franchise, features award-winning writers Dean Jobb, Joan Renner, Cathy Pickens, Lindsey Danis, Janel Comeau, Anya Wassenberg, David Breakspear, Mitzi Szereto, and many others; the book features true crime stories from around the world.”—Horror Fuel”There are a lot of books about true crime and unsolved mysteries. However, this one has something I covet and not always find: the right tone…. The stories in Szereto’s book all run in perfect pace, are all very well-written, and all hit the right tone. All authors connect to their story and their victims. It will leave you thinking and that’s the hallmark of a great book. Highly recommended reading!”—Defrosting Cold Cases”Unsolved Crimes & Mysteries, edited by Mitzi Szereto, the sixth in the excellent The Best New True Crime Stories series.”—Choice Magazine UK
£14.24
Island Press Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer,
Book SynopsisRachel Carson Environment Book Award, First Place (2018) IPPY Outstanding Book of the Year: Most Likely to Save the Planet (2018) Thorpe Menn Literary Excellence Award (2018) "Reads like a mystery novel as Gillam skillfully uncovers Monsanto's secretive strategies." --Erin Brockovich "A damning picture...Gillam expertly covers a contentious front." --Publishers Weekly "A must-read." --Booklist "Hard-hitting, eye-opening narrative." --Kirkus It's the pesticide on our dinner plates, a chemical so pervasive it's in the air we breathe, our water, our soil, and even found increasingly in our own bodies. Known as Monsanto's Roundup by consumers, and as glyphosate by scientists, the world's most popular weed killer is used everywhere from backyard gardens to golf courses to millions of acres of farmland. For decades it's been touted as safe enough to drink, but a growing body of evidence indicates just the opposite, with research tying the chemical to cancers and a host of other health threats. In Whitewash, veteran journalist Carey Gillam uncovers one of the most controversial stories in the history of food and agriculture, exposing new evidence of corporate influence. Gillam introduces readers to farm families devastated by cancers which they believe are caused by the chemical, and to scientists whose reputations have been smeared for publishing research that contradicted business interests. Readers learn about the arm twisting of regulators who signed off on the chemical, echoing company assurances of safety even as they permitted higher residues of the pesticide in food and skipped compliance tests. And, in startling detail, Gillam reveals secret industry communications that pull back the curtain on corporate efforts to manipulate public perception. Whitewash is more than an expos about the hazards of one chemical or even the influence of one company. It's a story of power, politics, and the deadly consequences of putting corporate interests ahead of public safety.
£24.39
Lexington Books High and Low Corruption: Children, Capabilities,
Book SynopsisHigh and Low Corruption: Children, Capabilities, and Crime analyzes “high corruption” in terms of political corruption and high-end white-collar crime and “low corruption” in terms of juvenile delinquency and street crime. It shows how delinquents and street criminals often suffer from arrested development of their basic human capabilities. In turn, Harry Adams argues that their maldevelopment often emerges neither merely through their own fault when they were children nor through biological caregivers who were guilty of parental child neglect. Beyond this, Adams argues that the maldevelopment of at-risk youth commonly emerges through a kind of political child neglect, when corrupt public officials fail to provide adequate protection or back-up support for their development. In these ways, the author shows how the former type of high corruption (or “suite crime”) can significantly contribute to the latter type of corruption (and street crime). By applying a set of moral, constitutional, and criminological principles from Derek Parfit, Ronald Dworkin, and Jeffrey Reiman, respectively, Adams also provides a systematic account of why and how both these types of corruption should be curbed.Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. Low Corruption: Delinquency and Street Crime by Society’s Most Powerless MembersChapter 2. High Corruption: Suite Crime by Society’s Most Powerful MembersChapter 3. The Powerful Harming the PowerlessChapter 4. Improved Social Games: From Corrupt States to Non-Corrupt SocietiesChapter 5. Non-Corrupt Societies: Capabilities Developed, Power(s) Well-ManagedChapter 6. Criminal Justice Conditions of Non-Corrupt SocietiesConclusion: Models of Corrupt and Non-Corrupt SocietiesAppendix 1. Sentencing Street Criminals and Suite CriminalsAppendix 2. Epigraphs on CorruptionAppendix 3. Further ReadingAppendix 4. Detailed Chapter ContentsBibliographyAbout the Author
£82.80
Minnesota Historical Society Press Dirty Doc Ames and the Scandal That Shook
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£15.26
Red Lightning Books So Much Bad in the Best of Us: The Salacious and
Book SynopsisFrom supreme president to forgotten enemy, John W. Talbot lived a remarkable life. Charismatic, energetic, and powerful, he founded a national fraternal organization, the Order of Owls, and counted senators, congressmen, and business leaders among his friends. He wielded his influence to help causes close to his heart but also to bring down those who stood against him.In So Much Bad in the Best of Us, Greta Fisher's careful research reveals that Talbot was capable of great evil, causing one woman to describe him as "the Devil Incarnate." His string of very public affairs revealed his strange sexual preferences and violent tendencies, and charges leveled against him included perjury, blackmail, jury tampering, slander, libel, misuse of the mail, assault with intent to kill, and White slavery. Ultimately convicted on the slavery charge, he spent several years in Leavenworth penitentiary and eventually lost everything, including control of the Order of Owls. His descent into alcoholism and death by fire was a fitting end to a tumultuous and dramatic life. After 50 years of newspaper headlines and court battles, Talbot's death made national news, but with more enemies than friends and estranged from his family, he was ultimately forgotten.A gripping true crime story, So Much Bad in the Best of Us offers a mesmerizing account of the life of John W. Talbot, the Order of Owls, and how quickly the powerful can fall.Trade ReviewGreta Fisher cooly travels us through "So Much Bad in the Best of Us: The Salacious and Audacious Life of John W. Talbot." No one can make up the kind of ordinary citizen gullibility that ran rampant around South Bend, Indiana, starting as early as 1872 and continuing to lope along the echelons of society for the next sixty-five years and counting. . . . The enduring scheming legacy of Talbot resides within the Order of Owls. Never heard of it? Neither did I, and now I am amazed and saddened. Owls deserve a better rap. -- Rita Kohn * Nuvo *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionAn Auspicious BeginningA Budding Career and a Blossoming CriminalDiversification: Social Networks, Political Influence, and the Importance of FamilyThe Founding of the Order of OwlsLegal Trouble: The Talbot Brothers on the DefensiveLeona Mason Tries to Put Him DownDeath and ResurrectionUnwanted OwlsA Profit in SyphilisAn Owl Rebellion and the Charitable Institutions that Weren'tCan't Keep Out of Trouble and Other Odd BehaviorNot Just Owls: Talbot Cultivates an Interest in Exotic Birds (the Kind with Feathers)"She Is Certainly Having a Fine Time""Guilty as Sin": Talbot Is Sent to LeavenworthThe Ex-Convict: Talbot Is No Longer SupremeA Quieter LifeA Fiery DeathThe Fate of the Order of OwlsTalbot's LegacyPostscriptAppendix A: Order of the Owls HandbookAppendix B: The Character and Life of John W. Talbot Exposed by an Outraged WomanAppendix C: The QuestionNotesBibliography
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Red Lightning Books So Much Bad in the Best of Us: The Salacious and
Book SynopsisFrom supreme president to forgotten enemy, John W. Talbot lived a remarkable life. Charismatic, energetic, and powerful, he founded a national fraternal organization, the Order of Owls, and counted senators, congressmen, and business leaders among his friends. He wielded his influence to help causes close to his heart but also to bring down those who stood against him.In So Much Bad in the Best of Us, Greta Fisher's careful research reveals that Talbot was capable of great evil, causing one woman to describe him as "the Devil Incarnate." His string of very public affairs revealed his strange sexual preferences and violent tendencies, and charges leveled against him included perjury, blackmail, jury tampering, slander, libel, misuse of the mail, assault with intent to kill, and White slavery. Ultimately convicted on the slavery charge, he spent several years in Leavenworth penitentiary and eventually lost everything, including control of the Order of Owls. His descent into alcoholism and death by fire was a fitting end to a tumultuous and dramatic life. After 50 years of newspaper headlines and court battles, Talbot's death made national news, but with more enemies than friends and estranged from his family, he was ultimately forgotten.A gripping true crime story, So Much Bad in the Best of Us offers a mesmerizing account of the life of John W. Talbot, the Order of Owls, and how quickly the powerful can fall.Trade ReviewGreta Fisher cooly travels us through "So Much Bad in the Best of Us: The Salacious and Audacious Life of John W. Talbot." No one can make up the kind of ordinary citizen gullibility that ran rampant around South Bend, Indiana, starting as early as 1872 and continuing to lope along the echelons of society for the next sixty-five years and counting. . . . The enduring scheming legacy of Talbot resides within the Order of Owls. Never heard of it? Neither did I, and now I am amazed and saddened. Owls deserve a better rap. -- Rita Kohn * Nuvo *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionAn Auspicious BeginningA Budding Career and a Blossoming CriminalDiversification: Social Networks, Political Influence, and the Importance of FamilyThe Founding of the Order of OwlsLegal Trouble: The Talbot Brothers on the DefensiveLeona Mason Tries to Put Him DownDeath and ResurrectionUnwanted OwlsA Profit in SyphilisAn Owl Rebellion and the Charitable Institutions that Weren'tCan't Keep Out of Trouble and Other Odd BehaviorNot Just Owls: Talbot Cultivates an Interest in Exotic Birds (the Kind with Feathers)"She Is Certainly Having a Fine Time""Guilty as Sin": Talbot Is Sent to LeavenworthThe Ex-Convict: Talbot Is No Longer SupremeA Quieter LifeA Fiery DeathThe Fate of the Order of OwlsTalbot's LegacyPostscriptAppendix A: Order of the Owls HandbookAppendix B: The Character and Life of John W. Talbot Exposed by an Outraged WomanAppendix C: The QuestionNotesBibliography
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Bezalel Prison Ministries Capturado
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NewSouth Publishing Rogue Corporations: Inside Australia’s biggest
Book SynopsisCrown Resorts, the Bond Group, James Hardie, HIH Insurance, Geoffrey Edelsten's Allied Medical Group, 7-Eleven and Rio Tinto, the list goes on…Australia has suffered from the continual sting of business scandals since corporate cowboys like Alan Bond and Christopher Skase wrought so much damage during the 1980s. Since then, hundreds of thousands of Australians have been affected, with many left traumatised when corporations collapse due to gross mismanagement and profits being put before people.Award-winning author Quentin Beresford takes us inside corporate Australia's highest-profile scandals and the factors that drive them — the rise of celebrity CEOs, timid regulators, inept boards, the murky links between big business, governments, banks, media and lobby groups — and explores a path towards higher ethical standards from organisations. It's a wild ride into the heart of corporate Australia.'There have been too many Australian corporate scandals to keep up with in recent years, which makes Rogue Corporations so compelling — Quentin Beresford ties them all together in a powerful narrative.' — Stephen Mayne, journalist, publisher, shareholder activist and founder of Crikey, the online newspaper
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Profile Books Ltd Brazillionaires: The Godfathers of Modern Brazil
Book SynopsisLonglisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award Wealth and power on the trail of the super-rich In 2012, Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista was the eighth richest man in the world, his $30bn fortune built on Brazil's incredible natural resources. By the middle of 2013 he had lost it all, engulfed in scandal. Brazillionaires is a fast-paced account of Batista's rise and fall: a story of helicopter flights, beach-front penthouses and high-speed car crashes. Along the way, it tells the parallel story of Brazil itself, a country caught in the cycle of boom and bust, renewed hope and dashed promise; a country where the hyper-rich are at the heart of the economy - and where their wealth can buy immense political power. Stefan Zweig said in 1941 that Brazil was the country of the future; Brazilians joke that it always will be. Today, rampant corruption and endemic inequality threaten to derail the new Brazilian Dream. The brazillionaires are the key to understanding that dream; through them Brazillionaires tells the story of their country's past, present and future.Trade ReviewThere is no way to understand Brazil, the world's fifth largest country, without understanding how a handful of billionaires shape the country's politics, media and economy. With his profound insights and deep reporting, Alex Cuadros is an indispensable voice in telling this story of excess, corruption and a society torn between hope and turmoil. -- Glenn Greenwald * Intercept *A wild, richly reported tale about Brazil's recent economic rise and fall, and some of the biggest, most colorful characters in business in Brazil who now have a global reach -- Andrew Ross Sorkin * The New York Times *In this excellent book (Cuadros) has managed to use billionaires to illuminate the lives of both rich and poor Brazilians, and all those in between. * Economist *Brazil's shocking rise and even more shocking fall is one of the biggest stories of our young century. Alex Cuadros tells it through the stories of its billionaires - whose genius, hubris and (in some cases) utter folly come through in vivid, human detail throughout this book. -- Brian Winter, author of The Accidental President of BrazilBrazillionaires is an essential guide to understanding modern Brazil, its ups and downs, its flaws and lasting allure. But what makes it exceptional is how Cuadros uses insights into how a particular set of exceptionally wealth individuals in a particular historical context made money to ask a broader question: why? What drives them? How are they different from the rest of us - or are they? This turns this unique feat of reportage into something even more fascinating: an exploration of wealth, what fuels our desire for it, and how it transforms us. -- Juliana Barbassa, author of Dancing with the Devil in the City of GodAlex Cuadros has written a splendidly original book. Brazillionaires gets into the heart and soul of present-day Brazil through the fascinatingly operatic lives of its billionaires, while also explaining the country's unresolved battles in overcoming poverty, corruption, racism, and a great deal more. Written with verve, as well as a merciless eye for the truth, Brazillionaires is as engaging as it is timely. -- Jon Lee Anderson, author of Che Guevara: A Revolutionary LifeThe lunatic, insular world of Brazil's ultra-rich is opened up for scrutiny in Brazillionaires. Alex Cuadros's skillful reportage and vivid prose illuminate the ideology of the some of the richest people anywhere, providing a meditation on the meaning of wealth and inequality not only in Brazil but in the United States and around the world. -- Kim Phillips-Fein, author of Invisible Hands: The Businessmen's Crusade against the New DealBrazillionaires should be required reading for anyone seeking to understand Brazil's one per cent - the billionaires who wield so much influence in Latin America's richest country. Cuadros, a diligent and gifted reporter, does not shy away from asking tough questions as he digs deep into the country's economic and social history to chronicle how these outback entrepreneurs got rich in the first place, and how they continue to support the culture of corruption that has led to Brazil's most recent implosion. Once I started reading, I couldn't stop. -- Isabel Vincent, author of Gilded Lily: Lily Safra, The Making of One of the World's Wealthiest WidowsNot only does Brazillionaires provide a perceptive and entertaining look into the rarified world of Brazil's super wealthy elite, it also opens a window of insight into an utterly bewitching land of stark contrasts and colossal dimensions. From the grit of the Amazon rainforest to the lilting laughter of cocktail parties in the penthouse condos of São Paulo, Alex Cuadros brings all his journalistic and storytelling talents to bear in this important and highly readable book. -- Scott Wallace, author of The Unconquered: In Search of the Amazon's Last Uncontacted TribesAn incisive and entertaining romp through the follies of Brazilian wealth, power and hubris. * Bloomberg View *
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Atlantic Books Crisis of Conscience: Whistleblowing in an Age of
Book Synopsis'Powerful...His extensively reported tales of individual whistleblowers and their often cruel fates are compelling...They reveal what it can mean to live in an age of fraud.' Washington Post'Tom Mueller's authoritative and timely book reveals what drives a few brave souls to expose and denounce specific cases of corruption.' George SorosWe are living in a time of mind-boggling corruption, but we are also, as it happens, living in a golden age of whistleblowing. Over the past two decades, the brave insiders who decide to expose wrongdoing have gained unprecedented legal and social stature, emerging as the government's best weapon against corporate misconduct - and the citizenry's best defense against government gone bad. They are also forcing us to consider fundamental questions about our democracy, especially the proper balance between free speech and state secrecy, and between individual rights and corporate power.Drawing on relentless original research, including in-depth interviews with more than 200 whistleblowers and the elite coterie of legal trailblazers who have armed them for battle - plus scores of politicians, intelligence analysts, government watchdogs, cognitive scientists, and other experts - Crisis of Conscience is a modern-day David-and-Goliath saga, told through a series of riveting cases drawn from Big Pharma, the military, and beyond. Whistleblowers are not only heroes who expose and anatomize corruption and ensure that it is punished usually at enormous cost to themselves - Mueller shows how they are also models we all must think and act more like if our democracy is to survive.Trade ReviewPowerful... His extensively reported tales of individual whistleblowers and their often cruel fates are compelling...They reveal what it can mean to live in an age of fraud. * Washington Post *Authoritative and timely -- George SorosA spectacular book -- Ralph NaderFascinating * Daniel Ellsberg, author of The Doomsday Machine *An extraordinary book, both meticulously researched and a page-turner * Wendell Potter, author of Nation on the Take *Wide-ranging, detailed, compelling, and often alarming -- Michael MandelbaumPowerful... A must-read * Library Journal (Starred Review) *Engrossingly examines the ethics, mechanics, and reverberations of whistleblowing of all kinds... Superb * Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) *A fascinating history of the self-deputized referees who blow the whistle on illicit activities. * Booklist *Exceptionally timely * Publishers Weekly *[A] trenchant examination * New Yorker *A masterful, eye-opening account * Fast Company *Crisis of Conscience should be assigned reading for every elected official and civil servant, from the lowest municipality to the highest level in Congress, the executive branch and the federal bureaucracy * Spectator *Expansive * Observer *Table of Contents1: Becoming a Whistleblower 2: Question Authority 3: The Money Dance 4: Blood Ivory Towers 5: Reaping the Nuclear Harvest 6: Money Makes the World Go Round 7: Ministries of Truth EPILOGUE: The Banana Republic Wasn't Built in a Day
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Money Laundering
Book SynopsisAlthough the practice of disguising the illicit origins of money dates back thousands of years, the concept of money laundering as a multidisciplinary topic with social, economic, political and regulatory implications has only gained prominence since the 1980s. This groundbreaking volume offers original, state-of-the-art research on the current money laundering debate and provides insightful predictions and recommendations for future developments in the field.The contributors to this volume - academics, practitioners and government representatives from around the world - offer a number of unique perspectives on different aspects of money laundering. Topics discussed include the history of money laundering, the scale of the problem, the different types of money laundering, the cost to the private sector, and the effectiveness of anti-money laundering policies and legislation. The book concludes with a detailed and insightful synthesis of the problem and recommendations for additional steps to be taken in the future.Students, professors and practitioners working in economics, banking, finance and law will find this volume a comprehensive and invaluable resource.Contributors: H. Addink, A. Argentiero, M. Bagella, R.W. Baker, J. Biggins, J. Brettl, A. Buehn, F. Busato, P. Costanzo, S. Dawe, I. Deleanu, J. Ferwerda, L. Groot, T. Krieger, M. Levi, D. Masciandaro, K.J. McCarthy, D. Meierrieks, B. Mühl, E. Nowotny, T. Pietschmann, P. Reuter, F. Schneider, M. Stouten, A. Tilleman, L. Tromp, B. Unger, M. van den Broek, D. van der Linde, P.C. van Duyne, V. van Kommer, J. van Koningsveld, I. van Rossum, F. van Waarden, J. Vervaele, B. Vettori, J. Walker, M. von und zu Liechtenstein, J.S. ZdanowiczTable of ContentsContents: Preface Brigitte Unger and Daan van der Linde PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction Brigitte Unger PART II: THE HISTORY OF MONEY LAUNDERING 2. Money Laundering Regulation: From Al Capone to Al Qaeda Brigitte Unger PART III: THE PROBLEM 3. The Effects of Money Laundering Joras Ferwerda 4. Money Laundering and its Effects on Crime: A Macroeconomic Approach Donato Masciandaro 5. Money Laundering, Drugs and Prostitution as Victimless Crimes Loek Groot 6. The Costs of Fraud Michael Levi 7. Terrorism: Causes, Effects and the Role of Money Laundering Tim Krieger and Daniel Meierrieks PART IV: WHO IS THREATENED BY LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES? 8. Measuring Money Laundering Threat Jakub Brettl 9. Conducting National Money Laundering or Financing of Terrorism Risk Assessment Stephen Dawe 10. Why Do Some States Tolerate Money Laundering? On the Competition for Illegal Money Killian J. McCarthy 11. Money Laundering and Small States: The Practical Experience of Liechtenstein Prince Michael von und zu Liechtenstein 12. The Role of Small States for Financial Market Integrity: Austria Ewald Nowotny PART V: THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM 13. Measuring Global Money Laundering: The ‘Walker Gravity Model’ John Walker and Brigitte Unger 14. A Preliminary Attempt to Estimate the Financial Flows of Transnational Crime Using the MIMIC Method Andreas Buehn and Friedrich Schneider 15. The Scale of the Global Financial Structure Facilitating Money Laundering Raymond W. Baker 16. Efforts of the UN to Find Out About Major Routes of Drugs and Drug Money Thomas Pietschmann 17. Using Dynamic Macroeconomics for Estimating Money Laundering: A Simulation for the EU, Italy and the United States Michele Bagella, Francesco Busato and Amedeo Argentiero 18. Are Estimates of the Volume of Money Laundering Either Feasible or Useful? Peter Reuter 19. Crime-Money and Financial Conduct Petrus C. van Duyne PART VI: WAYS TO LAUNDER 20. International Trade Mispricing: Trade-based Money Laundering and Tax Evasion John S. Zdanowicz 21. Detecting Money Laundering in the Real Estate Sector Joras Ferwerda and Brigitte Unger 22. Cash Economy, Measuring the Tax Gap from the Tax Administrative Perspective Victor van Kommer 23. Is the Netherlands a Tax (H)eaven? Lotte Tromp, Iris van Rossum, Andreas Buehn and Victor van Kommer 24. Dirty Complexity: Money Laundering through Derivatives John Biggins 25. E-gaming, Money Laundering and the Problem of Risk Assessment Michael Levi PART VII: LEGISLATION OF MONEY LAUNDERING 26. The Risk-based Approach to Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing in International and EU Standards: What it is, What it Entails Paolo Costanzo 27. Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing from a Good Governance Perspective Melissa van den Broek and Henk Addink 28. Economic Crimes and Money Laundering: A New Paradigm for the Criminal Justice System? John Vervaele PART VIII: IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF AML 29. How to Dodge Drowning in Data? Rule- and Risk-based Anti-Money Laundering Policies Compared Brigitte Unger and Frans van Waarden 30. Reporting Duty for Lawyers versus Legal Privilege – Unresolved Tension Maaike Stouten and André Tilleman 31. Money Laundering – ‘You Don’t See It, Until You Understand It’: Rethinking the Stages of the Money Laundering Process to Make Enforcement More Effective Jan van Koningsveld 32. Access by Law Enforcement Agencies to Financial Data Burkhard Mühl 33. The Role of Information for Successful AML Policy Ioana Deleanu 34. Evaluating Anti-Money Laundering Policies: Where Are We? Barbara Vettori Index
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Amber Books Ltd Cats Gone Bad
Book SynopsisCan cats really be accessories to a planned prison break? Yes. In 2013, a cat was found walking into the grounds of a Brazilian prison with saws and drill bits strapped to its belly. Can cats terrorise humans? Yes. In 2012, a couple in Seattle had to call the Police after their violent pet cat cornered them in their bedroom. And when is a cat also a mule? When it’s a drug mule. These, and many more, are true stories included in the Purrlitzer Prize-winning Cats Gone Bad. Each spread features a photograph or photomontage of an erring feline, such as squeezed into a fridge tucking into its contents, chewing its way through your wardrobe or in its element dressed as a cat burglar. Along with amusing text to accompany the image, there is also a paragraph on real-life cats caught in the act – the kind of cats who run away when they see a rat, are scared of mice, and steal so many of your neighbours’ possessions that you have to have a reverse garage sale to give them all back again. Featuring a colour photo or photomontage of each feline felon, Cats Gone Bad is a fun book of 45 funny images and quirky real-life cases.Trade ReviewThere are currently no reviews for this title/productTable of ContentsCool for Cats Feline Clean? Cat Got Your Tongue? “I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat” Peeping Tom Je Ne Regrette Chien Who’s Gonna Blink First? Cat Burglar Cat That Got the Cream Fat Cats Cat in the Cockpit Feline Southpaw Hissing Fit Puss in Boots Champion Dribbler Strong Arm of the Paw Sour Puss I Drive a Catillac I Can’t Stand Poochini In The Pet-itentiary Catankerous Wetter Than a Catfish Domesticated Disturbance Paw Us Another One Cat with Added Byte Cat and Mouse Survival Kit Cat That Got the Green Cats Watch The Mousetrap Cats Will Fly Cat Denies Fatsuit I Spy, with My Cat’s Eye ... Meow-ow-ow Is Your Engine Purring? Cat Barks Up Wrong Tree Precious Puss Paws For Thought Caterwalling Puss is Put on Parole Cat Power Raising Canine Not To Be Sniffed At One Puss, Two Bags of Cats Thieving Tom Subway Surfers
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Economic and Legal Effectiveness of the
Book SynopsisOfficial government policies against money laundering in the EU have been in place for roughly 25 years, after much concerted effort and a great deal of time and money invested. This volume examines the anti-money laundering policy of the EU Member States in connection to the threat of money laundering they face. During a three-year study the authors analyzed the policies in-depth by traveling to 27 Member States to interview over a hundred people involved in the fight against money laundering. The analysis includes an inquiry into the national supervisory architectures, a comparison of the definitions of money laundering used in practice, a breakdown of the role of Financial Intelligence Units and a cost-benefit analysis of anti-money laundering policy.Skillfully assessing the economic and legal effectiveness of anti-money laundering efforts in the EU, this comprehensive study will appeal to students, scholars and practitioners working in economics, banking, finance and law.Contents: 1. Introduction and Operationalization 2. Threat of Money Laundering 3. Harmonization of Substantive Norms in Preventative AML 4. Implementing International Conventions and the Third EU Directive 5. Supervisory Architectures in the Preventive AML Policy 6. Definitions of Money Laundering in Practice 7. FIU's in the European Union - Facts and Figures, Functions and Facilities 8. Information Flows and Repressive Enforcement 9. International Cooperation 10. Collection of Statistics 11. Effectiveness: Threat and Corresponding Policy Response 12. Cost Benefit Analysis 13. Summary and ConclusionsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction and Operationalization 2. Threat of Money Laundering 3. Harmonization of Substantive Norms in Preventative AML 4. Implementing International Conventions and the Third EU Directive 5. Supervisory Architectures in the Preventive AML Policy 6. Definitions of Money Laundering in Practice 7. FIU’s in the European Union – Facts and Figures, Functions and Facilities 8. Information Flows and Repressive Enforcement 9. International Cooperation 10. Collection of Statistics 11. Effectiveness: Threat and Corresponding Policy Response 12. Cost–Benefit Analysis 13. Summary and Conclusions
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Corporate Crime and
Book SynopsisThis highly topical Research Handbook examines how to deter corporate misconduct through public enforcement and private interventions. Contributors present theoretical and empirical analyses of individual and organizational liability for corporate misconduct, securities, fraud and corruption. Other chapters evaluate private interventions, such as whistleblowing and compliance.Chapters cover individual and organizational liability evaluate issues such as individual liability for corporate crime, deferred and non-prosecution agreements, supervisory liability, the cost to organizations of reputational damage from corporate settlements, corporate and individual liability for securities fraud, the SEC?s revolving door, multi-jurisdictional enforcement of anti-corruption laws, the scope of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and countries? efforts to deter corruption by state actors. Chapters on private interventions examine optimal compliance, behavioral compliance, the role of the General Counsel, internal investigations, and whistleblowing. This Research Handbook also highlights promising avenues for future research. The Research Handbook on Corporate Crime and Financial Misdealing is designed to provide a broad introduction to the literature in each area covered, as well as in-depth original analysis on important issues of concern to legal researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners.Trade Review‘This wide-ranging collection of chapters on corporate criminality reflects the marriage of law and the social sciences at its best. At every stage, the discussion in individual chapters is admirably focused. The contributors to this Research Handbook are at the forefront of this multi-disciplinary field. Professor Jennifer Arlen’s introduction provides a unifying perspective and a welcome degree of continuity throughout the book.’ -- Reinier Kraakman, Harvard Law School, US‘The Research Handbook on Corporate Crime and Financial Misdealing is the new reference work for what is known about corporate crime deterrence. Simply put, this is what happens when you assemble contributions from the leading scholars of corporate crime and the corporate criminal law, and they deliver. This Research Handbook is an indispensable resource for academics across a wide range of methods and disciplines, policy-makers, private-sector practitioners, and government functionaries.’ -- William S. Laufer, University of Pennsylvania, US‘In this impressive volume, Jennifer Arlen brings together a diverse team of corporate crime scholars to tackle critical issues and unresolved puzzles in the enforcement area—the salience of which are even greater as we move into a new era of deregulation. Some of the answers may surprise you but the journey to get there is wide-ranging, illuminating, and empirically informed. This is essential reading for those who want to prevent and control corporate crime.’ -- Sally S. Simpson, University of Maryland, College Park, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Jennifer Arlen Part I: Corporate and Individual Liability for Corporate Misconduct 1. Psychology and the Deterrence of Corporate Crime Tom R. Tyler 2. Individual and Corporate Criminals Brandon L. Garrett 3. Criminally Bad Management Samuel W. Buell 4. Does Conviction Matter? The Reputational and Collateral Effects of Corporate Crime Cindy R. Alexander and Jennifer Arlen Part II: Public Enforcement of Public Corruption and Securities Fraud 5. Multijurisdictional Enforcement Games: The Case of Anti-Bribery Law Kevin E. Davis 6. Beware Blowback: How Attempts to Strengthen FCPA Deterrence Could Narrow the Statute’s Scope Matthew C. Stephenson 7. Corruption in State Administration Tina Søreide and Susan Rose-Ackerman 8. Securities Law and Its Enforcers Stephen J. Choi and A.C. Pritchard 9. Corporate and Individual Liability in SEC Enforcement Actions Michael Klausner and Jason Helgand Part III: Role of Private Actors: Compliance, Corporate Investigations, and Whistleblowing 10. An Economic Analysis of Effective Compliance Programs Geoffrey P. Miller 11. Behavioral Ethics, Behavioral Compliance Donald C. Langevoort 12. An Analysis of Internal Governance and the Role of The General Counsel in Reducing Corporate Crime Vikramaditya Khanna 13. When the Corporation Investigates Itself Miriam H. Baer 14. Bounty Regimes David Freeman Engstrom Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Pharmaceuticals, Corporate Crime and Public
Book SynopsisDukes, Braithwaite and Moloney reach the depressing conclusion that 'corporate crime in the pharmaceutical industry appears to be on the rise.' Their approach to this problem is much more nuanced than just throwing people in jail. They advocate for a pyramid of regulatory strategies including qui tam legislation and equity fines. There is an opportunity for a radical transformation of the pharmaceutical industry and the authors offer us a road map to begin that journey.'- Joel Lexchin MD, York University, CanadaThe pharmaceutical industry must exist to serve the community, but over the years it has engaged repeatedly in corporate crime and anti-social behavior, with the public footing the bill. This readable study by experts in medicine, law, criminology and public health, with deep experience of the industry, documents problems ranging from false advertising and counterfeiting to corruption, fraud and overpricing. It is a fresh and revealing look at the unacceptable pressures brought to bear on doctors, politicians, patients and the media.Uniquely, the book presents realistic and worldwide solutions for the future, with positive policies encouraging honest dealing, as well as partial privatization of enforcement and a transformation of science policy to develop the medicines that society needs most. The authors examine in turn each of the main facets of the pharmaceutical industry's activities - research, manufacturing, information, distribution and pricing - as well as some questionable aspects of its relationship with society.Offering a considered analysis of pharmaceutical rights and wrongs as they have developed, particularly over the last half-century, this book is rich in new insights for managers in the pharmaceutical industry, regulatory agencies and health agencies.Contents: Essay Part I: Setting the Scene Introduction Part II: A View of Rights and Wrongs 1. Creating a Medicine: Why, How and How Not 2. Safe, Unsafe and Improper Manufacturing Practices 3. Aggressive or Misleading Promotion 4. The Dark Art of Manipulation: The Industry and its Puppets 5. Corruption, Counterfeiting and Fraud 6. Prices, Monopolies, Abuses and the Law Part III: Transforming the Way Ahead 7. A Criminological Perspective on a Worsening Crisis 8. Positive Regulation: The Complementary Role of Supports and Sanctions 9. A Responsive Criminal Law of Pharmaceuticals 10. Privatising Enforcement 11. A New Capitalism: A New Drug Diplomacy IndexTrade Review'This well-researched book explains in plain language what pharmaceutical companies want and what they claim to desire – two very different things. Covering topics ranging from falsified data to misleading advertising. Dukes, Braithwaite, and Moloney reveal how Big Pharma lines its pockets and those of its shareholders by manipulating virtually every aspect of drug manufacturing and marketing. This is essential, thorough, and balanced information for anyone in health care, life science, or the drug manufacturing industry.' -- Wolf von Laer, Journal of the History of Economic Thought‘Dukes, Braithwaite and Moloney reach the depressing conclusion that “corporate crime in the pharmaceutical industry appears to be on the rise.” Their approach to this problem is much more nuanced than just throwing people in jail. They advocate for a pyramid of regulatory strategies including qui tam legislation and equity fines. There is an opportunity for a radical transformation of the pharmaceutical industry and the authors offer us a road map to begin that journey.’ -- Joel Lexchin MD, York University, Canada‘Given the provenance, this book was always going to be excellent, but it exceeded my highest expectations. It’s one of those rare works that combine true scholarship with great imagination and ends up also a real pleasure to read. The breadth of analysis is remarkable and the modelling for better futures is superb. It’s more than a must read book; it is a must heed commentary, a blueprint for better public health that would be perilous to ignore.’ -- Charles Medawar, Founder of Social Audit and author of Power and Dependence: Social Audit on the Safety of Medicines‘This is a powerful book that demands to be read by all those concerned about the health of nations. It is also a call to arms for criminologists to turn a scholarly eye to the plethora of harms and crimes perpetrated by the pharmaceutical industry. Our response to this is long overdue.’ -- Paddy Rawlinson, Australian & New Zealand Journal of CriminologyTable of ContentsContents: Essay Part I: Setting the Scene Introduction Part II: A View of Rights and Wrongs 1. Creating a Medicine: Why, How and How Not 2. Safe, Unsafe and Improper Manufacturing Practices 3. Aggressive or Misleading Promotion 4. The Dark Art of Manipulation: The Industry and its Puppets 5. Corruption, Counterfeiting and Fraud 6. Prices, Monopolies, Abuses and the Law Part III: Transforming the Way Ahead 7. A Criminological Perspective on a Worsening Crisis 8. Positive Regulation: The Complementary Role of Supports and Sanctions 9. A Responsive Criminal Law of Pharmaceuticals 10. Privatising Enforcement 11. A New Capitalism: A New Drug Diplomacy Index
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Bonnier Books UK Hype Machine How Greed Fraud and Free Money
Book Synopsis'A gripping real-life financial thriller.' CLAER BARRETT, AUTHOR OF WHAT THEY DON'T TEACH YOU ABOUT MONEY'Fast-paced and highly accessible ... A must read.' GILLIAN TETT, AUTHOR OF ANTHRO-VISION'Anybody who wants to understand the cryptocurrency mania should read Hype Machine.' LIONEL BARBER, FORMER EDITOR OF THE FINANCIAL TIMESOn 2 November 2023, in one of the largest fraud trials in history, Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty of stealing billions of dollars from the customers of his crypto-exchange, FTX. How did this 31-year-old Californian in shorts and a T-shirt manage to become one of the most famous CEOs in the world? How did greed, fear and free money inflate the crypto bubble until it finally popped with devastating consequences for millions of people who lost money in the crash? Who were the enablers, investors and innovators who transformed the original promise of c
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ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc Cybercrime During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic:
Book SynopsisThe SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has had an undeniable impact on cybercrime. The initial crisis quickly became a global catastrophe with multiple consequences in economics, health, and political and social fields. This book explores how this global emergency has influenced cybercrime. Indeed, since feeding off new vulnerabilities, thanks to the effects of the pandemic crisis in various states around the world, cybercrime has increased and evolved.In 2020, the world was already dealing with numerous tensions and the effects of the global crisis have therefore only tended to exacerbate the issues that relate to cybercrime. For example, radicalization and identity theft has found an environment in which they thrive: the Internet. Criminals have been able to adapt their modus operandi, their targets and their attack vectors. However, on the plus side, the response of law enforcement and public authorities, in terms of the legal, policing and policy side of cybercrime, has also been adapted in order to better combat the increase in this phenomenon.Table of ContentsIntroduction ixDaniel VENTRE and Hugo LOISEAU Chapter 1 The Evolution of Cybercrime During the Covid-19 Crisis 1Daniel VENTRE 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Observing the evolution of cybercrime 4 1.2.1 Leveraging annual data: the case of India 8 1.2.2 Leveraging monthly data 11 1.2.3 Leveraging weekly data: the case of China 21 1.3 Has the global geography of cyberattacks changed? 29 1.4 Conclusion 34 1.5 Appendix 39 1.5.1 Cybercrime tools: malware 39 1.5.2 CVSS as indicators of vulnerability levels 40 1.5.3 Heterogeneity and complexity of cybercrime typologies 41 1.5.4 Attitude of companies toward cyber risks: the case of the United Kingdom 46 1.6 References 47 Chapter 2 The SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Crisis and the Evolution of Cybercrime in the United States and Canada 49Hugo LOISEAU 2.1 Introduction 49 2.2 The impacts of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic 50 2.3 Cybercrime and SARS-CoV-2 52 2.3.1 Targets and victims 53 2.3.2 Malicious actors 57 2.3.3 Cyberspace: a propitious environment for cybercrime 58 2.4. The evolution of cybercrime in North America during the pandemic 61 2.4.1 The United States 62 2.4.2 Canada 67 2.5 Discussion 69 2.6 Conclusion 72 2.7 Acknowledgments 74 2.8 References 74 Chapter 3 Online Radicalization as Cybercrime: American Militancy During Covid-19 81Joseph FITSANAKIS and Alexa MCMICHAEL 3.1 Introduction 81 3.2 A new typology of cybercrime 83 3.3 Internet connectivity and violent militancy 85 3.4 The pre-pandemic domestic threat landscape 87 3.5 The domestic threat landscape of the pandemic 88 3.6 Pandemic accelerationism 91 3.7 From virtual to real-life criminality 93 3.8 Online radicalization during Covid-19 94 3.9 A new methodological paradigm for online radicalization? 98 3.10 Conclusion: meta-radicalization as cybercrime 100 3.11 References 102 Chapter 4 Cybercrime in Brazil After the Covid-19 Global Crisis: An Assessment of the Policies Concerning International Cooperation for Investigations and Prosecutions 109Alexandre VERONESE and Bruno CALABRICH 4.1 Introduction: Brazilian cybercrime and the Covid crisis impact 109 4.2 Cybercrime in the literature and the Brazilian case 112 4.3 A theoretical model for international cooperation 115 4.4 The evolution of cybercrime in Brazil 119 4.5 The evolution of the Brazilian legal system concerning cybercrime and its connection to the international regime 126 4.6 Managing international cooperation without having the best tools 133 4.7 Difficulties with cooperation: joints, mortises, and notches 137 4.8 Conclusion: what to expect from the future? 140 4.9 References 142 4.10 Appendix: List of interviews and questions 147 Chapter 5 Has Covid-19 Changed Fear and Victimization of Online Identity Theft in Portugal? 149Inês GUEDES, Joana MARTINS, Samuel MOREIRA and Carla CARDOSO 5.1 Introduction 149 5.2 The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on cybercrime 150 5.3 Evolution of cybercrime in Portugal 153 5.4 Online identity theft (OIT) 155 5.4.1 Definition and modus operandi 155 5.4.2 RAT applied to cyberspace 156 5.4.3 Individual variables and OIT victimization 159 5.5 Fear of (online) crime 160 5.5.1 Determinants of fear of (online) crime 160 5.6 The present study 162 5.6.1 Measures 163 5.6.2 Results 165 5.6.3 Variables associated with online victimization and fear of identity theft 169 5.7 Conclusion 170 5.8 References 171 Chapter 6 A South African Perspective on Cybercrime During the Pandemic 177Brett VAN NIEKERK, Trishana RAMLUCKAN and Anna COLLARD 6.1 Introduction 177 6.1.1 Background to South Africa and the pandemic 178 6.1.2 Methodology 179 6.2 International rankings 180 6.3 Cybercrime and related legislation 183 6.4 Cybersecurity incidents 186 6.4.1 Ransomware 186 6.4.2 Scams and fraud 188 6.4.3 System intrusions and data breaches 190 6.4.4 Disinformation and malicious communications 192 6.4.5 Other 196 6.5 Discussion 197 6.6 Conclusion 199 6.7 References 199 List of Authors 211 Index 213
£118.80
Emerald Publishing Limited The Handbook of Business and Corruption:
Book SynopsisFor years, corruption has been dismissed as a cultural phenomenon prevalent in developing countries, mirroring low salaries, weak infrastructure, disorganized administration and unstable political conditions. What this theory fails to explain, however, is why so many western multinational corporations have been involved in corruption scandals in recent years – even though most of these companies ostensibly had anti-corruption programs and monitoring systems in place. This book considers corruption in the business world in its broadest sense, including bribery and petty payments, nepotism and cronyism, gift-giving, embezzlement of public property and money laundering. It then explores corrupt behavior across different sectors in more detail in an effort to understand how corruption varies by industry. While a number of books dealing with corruption have been published over the years, little attention has been paid to the specifics of corruption in different industries and economic sectors. With contributions from some of the leading global experts in business ethics and law, this handbook will be an essential resource for both scholars and practitioners.Trade ReviewContributors from a wide range of business sectors summarize corrupt practices in general and more particularly in different business sectors from an ethical perspective. They cover what organizational corruption is; corruption: maximizing, socializing, balancing, and othering; petty corruption: facilitating payments and grease money; the impact of disguised bribes: distorting the basic functions of gift-giving practices; nepotism and cronyism as cultural phenomena, and viable and non-viable methods for corruption reform. Then they survey corruption in governments and in such businesses as information technology, banking, health care, pharmaceuticals, construction, sports, and the media. -- Annotation ©2017 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsPart I: Explaining and Preventing Corrupt PracticesWhat is Organizational Corruption? Corruption: Maximizing, Socializing, Balancing, and Othering Petty Corruption - Facilitating Payments and Grease Money The Impact of Disguised Bribes - Distorting the Basic Functions of Gift-Giving Practices Nepotism and Cronyism as a Cultural Phenomenon? Viable and Nonviable Methods for Corruption Reform Part II: Corruption - Cross-Sectoral Experiences Why Does Corruption Persist in Governments across the World? Corruption in Extractive Industries - Changing the Scenario? Corruption in the IT Branch - The Example of Siemens Money Laundering and Tax Evasion - The Assisting of the Banking Sector Money Laundering and Legal Compliance in the U.S. Financial Services Industry: The Case of Standard Chartered Bank Corruption in Finance - The Role of the Investment Consulting and the Financial Auditing Industries Informal Payments in Health Care Corruption in the Pharmaceutical Sector Corruption in the Agriculture Sector - Micro Level Evidence from Bangladesh We Can Fix it - Corruption in the Construction Industry Olympic Games, Football Championships, and Corruption in the Sports Industry Corruption in the Media Corruption in the Retail Industry
£117.79
Canongate Books The Unusual Suspect: The Remarkable True Story of
Book SynopsisThe remarkable true story of a modern-day Robin Hood, from Times feature writer Ben MachellIt is 2007, a time of recession and impending climate crisis, and one young man decides to change the world.Meet Stephen Jackley, a British geography student with Asperger's Syndrome. Aged just twenty-one, obsessed with the idea of Robin Hood, and with no prior experience, he resolved to become a bank robber. He would steal from the rich and give to the poor.Jackley used disguise, elaborate escape routes and replica pistols to successfully hold up a string of banks, making away with thousands of pounds. He committed ten robberies in south-west England over a six-month period and bank notes marked with 'RH' - 'Robin Hood' - began finding their way into the hands of the homeless. The police, despite their concerted efforts, had no idea what was going on or who was responsible. That is until Jackley's ambition got the better of him.This is his story.Trade ReviewCompletely fascinating . . . reads like a deep psychological thriller, but it's real. Is truth stranger than fiction? You bet -- LEE CHILDOne of the strengths of Ben Machell's compelling book is its patient unearthing of the various motivations for his subject's behaviour . . . This splendid book . . . does full justice to his complexity * * Guardian * *Stephen Jackley, the "Robin Hood" bank robber, is an Asperger's student with an incredible, increasingly dark story, which Machell tells with Hollywood box-office wit, compassion and brio. With every page, you find yourself screaming "OH MY GOD - WHAT ARE YOU DOING, STEPHEN?", all the way up to him ending in US jail. How one young man's misguided plan to save the world went increasingly, dangerously wrong -- CAITLIN MORANTruly affecting true crime. I've heard it said that a villain is just a victim whose story hasn't been told - this big-hearted, fascinating, meticulous book made me feel that way about Stephen Jackley -- MARINA HYDEFascinating . . . In Machell, [Jackley] has found the most sympathetic and intelligent of biographers . . . The Unusual Suspect raises important questions about our ideas of guilt, idealism and the nature of responsibility . . . a tremendously invigorating book, scrupulously researched, sympathetically told, a picaresque tale of modern life, by turns funny and sad * * Mail on Sunday * *Ben Machell's deeply reported book is not only a gripping true-crime story, but also a sensitive and melancholy portrait of someone who has long struggled to fit in to society * * New Statesman * *An astonishing story which resonates at a time of staggering inequality, and one which asks salient questions about wealth redistribution * * Esquire * *[A] cross between heist tale and biography . . . Machell treats his subject . . . with tender fascination, disapproving of Jackley's strategy but not his world view * * New Yorker * *Meet Stephen: university student, bank robber, modern Robin Hood, human being. He was only good at one of them; thankfully it was the only one that mattered. A truly remarkable story -- TERRY HAYES, author of I AM PILGRIMWas Stephen Jackley a cynical attention-seeker, or an idealist fighting a broken system, or something else entirely? Whatever the truth, his story - superbly written, and expertly reported - reveals the troubling place of finance in the centre of all of our lives -- OLIVER BULLOUGH * * author of Moneyland * *
£16.14
Canongate Books The Unusual Suspect: The Remarkable True Story of
Book SynopsisIt is 2007, a time of recession and impending climate crisis, and one young man decides to change the world. This is the story of Stephen Jackley, a British geography student with Asperger's Syndrome. Aged just twenty-one, obsessed with the idea of Robin Hood, and with no prior experience, he resolved to become a bank robber. He would steal from the rich and give to the poor.And he did. Bank notes mysteriously found their way into the hands of the homeless. The police had no idea who was responsible. Until Jackley's ambition got the better of him.Trade ReviewCompletely fascinating . . . reads like a deep psychological thriller, but it's real. Is truth stranger than fiction? You bet -- LEE CHILDOne of the strengths of Ben Machell's compelling book is its patient unearthing of the various motivations for his subject's behaviour . . . This splendid book . . . does full justice to his complexity * * Guardian * *Stephen Jackley, the "Robin Hood" bank robber, is an Asperger's student with an incredible, increasingly dark story, which Machell tells with Hollywood box-office wit, compassion and brio. With every page, you find yourself screaming "OH MY GOD - WHAT ARE YOU DOING, STEPHEN?", all the way up to him ending in US jail. How one young man's misguided plan to save the world went increasingly, dangerously wrong -- CAITLIN MORANTruly affecting true crime. I've heard it said that a villain is just a victim whose story hasn't been told - this big-hearted, fascinating, meticulous book made me feel that way about Stephen Jackley -- MARINA HYDEFascinating . . . In Machell, [Jackley] has found the most sympathetic and intelligent of biographers . . . The Unusual Suspect raises important questions about our ideas of guilt, idealism and the nature of responsibility . . . a tremendously invigorating book, scrupulously researched, sympathetically told, a picaresque tale of modern life, by turns funny and sad * * Mail on Sunday * *Ben Machell's deeply reported book is not only a gripping true-crime story, but also a sensitive and melancholy portrait of someone who has long struggled to fit in to society * * New Statesman * *An astonishing story which resonates at a time of staggering inequality, and one which asks salient questions about wealth redistribution * * Esquire * *[A] cross between heist tale and biography . . . Machell treats his subject . . . with tender fascination, disapproving of Jackley's strategy but not his world view * * New Yorker * *Meet Stephen: university student, bank robber, modern Robin Hood, human being. He was only good at one of them; thankfully it was the only one that mattered. A truly remarkable story -- TERRY HAYES, author of I AM PILGRIMWas Stephen Jackley a cynical attention-seeker, or an idealist fighting a broken system, or something else entirely? Whatever the truth, his story - superbly written, and expertly reported - reveals the troubling place of finance in the centre of all of our lives -- OLIVER BULLOUGH * * author of Moneyland * *
£9.49
Emerald Publishing Limited Southern Green Criminology: A Science to End
Book SynopsisThe pressing nature of environmental threats, such as: climate change, land-grabbing, biopiracy, animal exploitation and human environmental victimisation, are pushing the entire world to seek alternatives to prevent environmental damage in every corner of the globe. Southern Green Criminology focuses on the threat the western world poses to the rest of the globe, and how Western imposed ideas of progress are damaging the planet, especially the southern hemisphere. In the past five years, the attention of green criminologists has been directed at the Global South as the geographical site that experiences the severest consequences of harmful environmental practices. Such criminological direction is aimed at combating the environmental harms that affect the geographical and the metaphorical Souths. The main topic of this book is the conflicts that arise in the interaction between human beings and our natural environment, seen from a Southern perspective with a focus on the victimisation of the South. This book is simultaneously a scientific and a political endeavour, and will prove invaluable to students, researchers and environmental enthusiasts alike.Trade ReviewAuthor David Rodriguez Goyes is an attorney with a PhD in criminology and a researcher in green criminology, specializing in biopiracy. In this book, he offers a detailed overview of the emerging field of green criminology, which evaluates environmental threats and crimes such as land-grabbing, biopiracy, animal exploitation, and the damage of climate change. The book points to the impact of harmful environmental practices and Western ideas of progress that contribute to environmental damage in the Global South. Part 1 explains theory and tenets of green criminology, posits a science to end discrimination, and reveals green criminology’s philosophical basis. Part 2 describes empirical and applied cases demonstrating how to end ecological discrimination in the Global South. The book concludes with a proposal for how to prevent Southern Hemisphere green criminology from losing its relevance and ideas for changing the social dynamics that produce ecological discrimination in the region. Of special note, the book incorporates insights from 20 Indigenous communities in Colombia. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsPart I: Theoretical Pillars of a Southern Science to End Ecological Discrimination 1. Introduction to a Southern Green Criminology 2. Ecological Discrimination, a Science to End Discrimination, and the Science of the Discriminated Against 3. The Two Major Philosophies 4. Green Activist Criminology 5. Green and Southern Criminologies before Green and Southern Criminologies Existed 6. A Stereoscope of Ecological Discrimination Part II. Empirical and Applied Southern Contributions to End Ecological Discrimination 7. Small Voices for the Biggest Question 8. Discourses and Practices in Land-Grabbing 9. The Ever-Increasing Spiral of Biopiracy 10. The Disturbance of the Human-Nonhuman Continuum 11. The Monopolisation of Humans and Their Resistance 12. A Seedbed of Southern Green Criminology
£69.34
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Organizational Opportunity and Deviant Behavior:
Book SynopsisEver since Sutherland coined the term 'white-collar crime', researchers have struggled to understand and explain why some individuals abuse their privileged positions of trust and commit financial crime. This book makes a novel contribution to the development of convenience theory as a framework to understand and explain 'white-collar crime'. The framework integrates well-known theories from criminology, management and other fields to explain the occurrence of offenses. It is found that autobiographies indicate a strong presence of neutralization techniques in the behavioral dimension of convenience theory, while internal investigations indicate a strong presence of organizational opportunities to commit 'white-collar crime'. Survey research, on the other hand, is found to indicate a strong belief that chief executives sometimes have the motive to commit financial crime in times of crisis, in times of great challenges, and in times of greed. The book concludes that the only feasible avenue to combat this type of crime is to make it less convenient. This book will appeal to criminology and criminal justice students at both bachelor and master levels, as well as those studying business and law. Practitioners, including consultants in global auditing firms, attorneys and police academy students will also benefit from the overview of convenience theory research.Trade Review'This innovative exposition explains white collar crime to be a convenient option for perpetrators and as driven by financial desire, organisational opportunity and deviant behaviour. It deserves to be read.' --Colin C. Williams, Sheffield University Management School, UK'While Edwin Sutherland has been credited with initiating the theoretical examination of white collar and economic crime, Petter Gottschalk, through this book and his many articles, has established himself as the contemporary and premiere expert in this matter. This enlightening book will allow criminal justice practitioners and researchers, criminologists, sociologists, government leaders and others interested in the field of financial crime to better grasp the underlying causes, theoretical explanations and practical solutions for this all too common, but highly underreported, criminal behavior.' --James F. Albrecht, NYPD Captain (ret.) and Professor, Pace University (NYC), US'A comprehensive and insightful analysis of the complexities surrounding the causes, consequences, and control of individual level white-collar crime and organizational level corporate crime. Situating his analysis in convenience theory, Gottschalk summarizes and synthesizes an enormous body of literature from both American and European researchers and presents original case studies of white-collar crime in Norway that are sure to be of value for white-collar crime scholars and students worldwide.' --Michael L. Benson, University of Cincinnati, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Convenience in White-Collar Crime 2. Economical Dimension of Convenience Theory 3. Organizational Dimension of Convenience Theory 4. Behavioral Dimension of Convenience Theory 5. Empirical Study of White-Collar Criminals 6. Student Survey on Convenience Theory 7. Whistleblowers as Information Sources 8. Corporate Social Responsibility 9. Testing Convenience Theory 10. Sample of US Investigation Reports Conclusion Index
£94.00
Agenda Publishing Dictionary of Corruption
Book SynopsisWritten by an expert team, the Dictionary of Corruption is a comprehensive resource for students, academics, practitioners and professionals. It establishes a common interpretation of the language and terminology in the field of corruption and anti-corruption studies. From bribery to Watergate, amakudari to zero tolerance and from anti-corruption agencies to whistleblowing, the Dictionary provides explanations of over 300 key terms, events and case studies.Trade ReviewThe go-to resource for anyone in this field. -- Delia Ferreira Rubio, Chair, Transparency International
£75.00
Agenda Publishing Dictionary of Corruption
Book SynopsisWritten by an expert team, the Dictionary of Corruption is a comprehensive resource for students, academics, practitioners and professionals. It establishes a common interpretation of the language and terminology in the field of corruption and anti-corruption studies. From bribery to Watergate, amakudari to zero tolerance and from anti-corruption agencies to whistleblowing, the Dictionary provides explanations of over 300 key terms, events and case studies.Trade ReviewThe go-to resource for anyone in this field. -- Delia Ferreira Rubio, Chair, Transparency International
£23.32
John Blake Publishing Ltd Line of Duty - The Real Story of British Police
Book Synopsis'I'm interested in one thing and one thing only, and that's catching bent coppers.'Line of Duty: The Real Story is an astonishing exposé from inside the secret world of police corruption, starring a cast of twisted cops more chilling than all four H's put together. These characters operate well outside the letter of the law, inhabiting a murky, amoral world, leaving chaos in their wake.Who are the real-life Kates and Steves, tasked with hunting these corrupt cops? How has corruption invaded today's UK police forces? Who are the masterminds behind it all? In Line of Duty: The Real Story, bestselling author Wensley Clarkson goes behind the headlines and the hit show to look back at the history of corruption, and the AC-12 units which sniff out and expose the crooked coppers among the good.Referencing real-life historic and notable cases and people, from a range of sources and first-person interviews, this book tells the shocking truth behind the fiction, and its hard-hitting impact on real-life modern policing.Get ready to go undercover, infiltrate the criminal underworld - and uncover the secretive lives of these corrupt guardians of the law.
£8.54
Arcturus Publishing Ltd The World's Worst Scandals: Sex, Lies and
Book SynopsisDid an American president really sleep with film star Marilyn Monroe? What were the real facts of Watergate? How was the former FIFA president involved in bribery allegations? This book lifts the lid on scandals that have rocked the world. From the sexual peccadillos of America''s Founding Fathers to the illegal data harvesting of Cambridge Analytica, The World''s Worst Scandals examines shocking events from across history. Find out about the politicians, Hollywood celebrities, and corporate moguls who abused their power and didn''t get away with it.
£11.69
Emerald Publishing Limited Corporate Fraud Exposed: A Comprehensive and
Book SynopsisAfter each major corporate scandal, new suggestions for combatting fraud emerge from regulators and industry professionals. Despite changes to guidelines for firms’ corporate governance, augmented protection for whistle blowers, and enhanced cybersecurity measures, evidence documents an alarming increase in the prevalence and severity of corporate fraud. The rapidly changing laws aimed at curbing corporate fraud sometimes lag behind the changing sophistication of fraud schemes. Corporate Fraud Exposed discusses the motivations and drivers of fraud including agency theory, executive compensation, and organizational culture. It examines fraud’s consequences for various firm stakeholders and its spillover effects to other corporations, the political environment, and financial market participants, including those who participate via crowdfunding platforms. This book provides a fresh look at this intriguing but often complex subject. It skillfully blends the contributions of a global array of scholars and practitioners into a single review of some of the most important topics in this area. Given its broad scope, this practical and comprehensive title should be of interest to anyone curious about corporate fraud.Trade Review‘This book presents important insights into the causes and consequences of corporate fraud. The chapters encompass many useful empirical observations, as well as key case studies. It is an important resource for academics, practitioners, and policymakers alike.’ -- -Douglas Cumming, DeSantis Distinguished Professor, Florida Atlantic University'Corporate Fraud Exposed offers valuable insights on a wide cross section of timely, cutting-edge, fraud-related topics from essential background including causes and consequences, to detection and prevention, while highlighting case studies and areas for future research. From industry professionals to interested investors, readers will find this comprehensive work, from a mix of talented academics and practitioners led by highly accomplished co-editors, both intriguing and informative. As the editors point out, fighting fraud remains a never-ending battle with fintech and data analytics representing the latest battlefronts.’ -- Dr Greg Filbeck, CFA, FRM, CAIA, CIPM, PRM, Penn State Behrend‘This book is a unique one-stop-shop for understanding corporate fraud that provides a breadth of perspectives from a variety of academic disciplines. Summarizing the latest research and grounded in empirical data, the book provides valuable insights for students, academics, policymakers, investors, and practitioners alike.’ -- William J. Mayew, Professor of Accounting, Duke University, Fuqua School of Business‘This book provides a timely reminder of the inevitability of fraud, the costly societal consequences, and what can and can’t be done to detect and mitigate it. Readers will appreciate the multi-disciplinary and global perspective, that brings together research on well-known frauds of the past with frauds of the future enabled by technology (e.g. ‘crowdfooling’), showcasing evolving opportunities to address, from transparency, to whistleblowing to analytics.’ -- Alexander Dyck, Professor of Finance and Economic Analysis and Policy, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto'This is a terrific book! It not only demystifies and explains the phenomenon of corporate fraud but also exposes its complex and multifaceted nature. It covers cutting edge topics (e.g., cyber-fraud and “crowd-fooling”) on corporate fraud and uses detailed illustrations of major corporate scandals to demonstrate the global nature of fraud. The book’s clarity and comprehensive coverage of fraud make it a valuable reference for practitioners, policy makers, academics and graduate students alike.' -- Kose John, Charles William Gerstenberg Professorship in Banking and Finance, Stern School of Business, New York University'This book provides a wide-ranging coverage of the costly and growing epidemic afflicting the corporate and financial worlds: Fraud. An exceptional and coherent collection of well-researched chapters, Corporate Fraud Exposed reveals the pervasiveness of fraud and its dreadful impact on corporations and their stakeholders. It also offers an in-depth analysis of how fraud is committed and what can be done to prevent its occurrence in the first place. Given its holistic and forward-looking perspective, this book is valuable to academics, students, professionals as well as policy makers.' -- Omrane Guedhami, C. Russell Hill Professor of Economics, Moore School of Business, University of South CarolinaTable of ContentsSection 1: Nature of FraudChapter 1. Corporate Fraud Exposed: An Overview; H. Kent Baker, Lynnette Purda, and Samir Saadi Chapter 2. Types of Corporate Fraud; Halil Kiymaz Chapter 3. How Fraud Offenders Rationalize Financial Crime; Iva Charlopova, Paul Andon, and Clinton Free Chapter 4. Accounting Principles and Corporate Fraud; Kirsten L. Anderson Section 2: Causes and Determinants of Corporate Fraud Chapter 5. Corporate Culture and Fraud; Ellie Chapple, Kathleen Walsh, and Yun Shen Chapter 6. Corporate Governance and Fraud; Ali C. Akyol Chapter 7. National Culture, Legal Environment, and Fraud; Chen Liu, Serena Shuo Wu Chapter 8. Agency Theory and Fraud; Chiraz Ben Ali Chapter 9. Executive Influence and Fraud; Philip R. Jones, Joseph Monts, and Andrew C. Spieler Section 3: Consequences of Corporate Fraud Chapter 10. Corporate Political Connections and Corruption; Matthew Boland Chapter 11. The Spillover Impact of Corporate Fraud on Peer Firms; Tashfeen Hussain Chapter 12. Crowdfunding Without Crowd-fooling: Prevention is Better Than Cure; Sondes Mbarek and Donia Trabelsi Section 4: Corporate Fraud Detection and Prevention Chapter 13. Corporate Whistleblowing: Towards a Regulatory Approach; Anita Anand Chapter 14. Forensic Accounting and Fraud Deterrence; Casey D. Evans Chapter 15. Cyber Security and Corporate Fraud; James K. Hayes Chapter 16. Law Enforcement Agencies and Corporate Fraud; Robert A. Warren and Michael Pakaluk Chapter 17. Financial Statement Fraud: Motivation, Methods, and Detection; S. David Young Section 5: Corporate Fraud in Practice Chapter 18. Accounting Scandals: Enron, Worldcom, and Global Crossing; Steven Petra and Andrew C. Spieler Chapter 19. Panama Papers and the Abuse of Shell Entities; Carl Pacini and Nicole Forbes Stowell Chapter 20. Stock Option Manipulations; Haifa Amairi, Boushra El Haj Hassan, and Janelle Mann Chapter 21. Satyam Scandal; Yan Luo and Linying Zhou Chapter 22. Corporate Fraud: The Cases of Barings Bank, Volkswagen, and HIH Insurance; Sayan Sarkar and Andrew C. Spieler Section 6: Future Research Issues Chapter 23. Corporate Fraud: Avenues of Future Research; Nadia Smaili, Julien Le Maux, and Walid Ben Amar
£142.49
Emerald Publishing Limited Corporate Fraud Exposed: A Comprehensive and
Book SynopsisAfter each major corporate scandal, new suggestions for combatting fraud emerge from regulators and industry professionals. Despite changes to guidelines for firms’ corporate governance, augmented protection for whistle blowers, and enhanced cybersecurity measures, evidence documents an alarming increase in the prevalence and severity of corporate fraud. The rapidly changing laws aimed at curbing corporate fraud sometimes lag behind the changing sophistication of fraud schemes. Corporate Fraud Exposed discusses the motivations and drivers of fraud including agency theory, executive compensation, and organizational culture. It examines fraud’s consequences for various firm stakeholders and its spillover effects to other corporations, the political environment, and financial market participants, including those who participate via crowdfunding platforms. This book provides a fresh look at this intriguing but often complex subject. It skillfully blends the contributions of a global array of scholars and practitioners into a single review of some of the most important topics in this area. Given its broad scope, this practical and comprehensive title should be of interest to anyone curious about corporate fraud.Trade Review‘This book presents important insights into the causes and consequences of corporate fraud. The chapters encompass many useful empirical observations, as well as key case studies. It is an important resource for academics, practitioners, and policymakers alike.’ -- -Douglas Cumming, DeSantis Distinguished Professor, Florida Atlantic University'Corporate Fraud Exposed offers valuable insights on a wide cross section of timely, cutting-edge, fraud-related topics from essential background including causes and consequences, to detection and prevention, while highlighting case studies and areas for future research. From industry professionals to interested investors, readers will find this comprehensive work, from a mix of talented academics and practitioners led by highly accomplished co-editors, both intriguing and informative. As the editors point out, fighting fraud remains a never-ending battle with fintech and data analytics representing the latest battlefronts.’ -- Dr Greg Filbeck, CFA, FRM, CAIA, CIPM, PRM, Penn State Behrend‘This book is a unique one-stop-shop for understanding corporate fraud that provides a breadth of perspectives from a variety of academic disciplines. Summarizing the latest research and grounded in empirical data, the book provides valuable insights for students, academics, policymakers, investors, and practitioners alike.’ -- William J. Mayew, Professor of Accounting, Duke University, Fuqua School of Business‘This book provides a timely reminder of the inevitability of fraud, the costly societal consequences, and what can and can’t be done to detect and mitigate it. Readers will appreciate the multi-disciplinary and global perspective, that brings together research on well-known frauds of the past with frauds of the future enabled by technology (e.g. ‘crowdfooling’), showcasing evolving opportunities to address, from transparency, to whistleblowing to analytics.’ -- Alexander Dyck, Professor of Finance and Economic Analysis and Policy, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto'This is a terrific book! It not only demystifies and explains the phenomenon of corporate fraud but also exposes its complex and multifaceted nature. It covers cutting edge topics (e.g., cyber-fraud and “crowd-fooling”) on corporate fraud and uses detailed illustrations of major corporate scandals to demonstrate the global nature of fraud. The book’s clarity and comprehensive coverage of fraud make it a valuable reference for practitioners, policy makers, academics and graduate students alike.' -- Kose John, Charles William Gerstenberg Professorship in Banking and Finance, Stern School of Business, New York University'This book provides a wide-ranging coverage of the costly and growing epidemic afflicting the corporate and financial worlds: Fraud. An exceptional and coherent collection of well-researched chapters, Corporate Fraud Exposed reveals the pervasiveness of fraud and its dreadful impact on corporations and their stakeholders. It also offers an in-depth analysis of how fraud is committed and what can be done to prevent its occurrence in the first place. Given its holistic and forward-looking perspective, this book is valuable to academics, students, professionals as well as policy makers.' -- Omrane Guedhami, C. Russell Hill Professor of Economics, Moore School of Business, University of South CarolinaTable of ContentsSection 1: Nature of FraudChapter 1. Corporate Fraud Exposed: An Overview; H. Kent Baker, Lynnette Purda, and Samir Saadi Chapter 2. Types of Corporate Fraud; Halil Kiymaz Chapter 3. How Fraud Offenders Rationalize Financial Crime; Iva Charlopova, Paul Andon, and Clinton Free Chapter 4. Accounting Principles and Corporate Fraud; Kirsten L. Anderson Section 2: Causes and Determinants of Corporate Fraud Chapter 5. Corporate Culture and Fraud; Ellie Chapple, Kathleen Walsh, and Yun Shen Chapter 6. Corporate Governance and Fraud; Ali C. Akyol Chapter 7. National Culture, Legal Environment, and Fraud; Chen Liu, Serena Shuo Wu Chapter 8. Agency Theory and Fraud; Chiraz Ben Ali Chapter 9. Executive Influence and Fraud; Philip R. Jones, Joseph Monts, and Andrew C. Spieler Section 3: Consequences of Corporate Fraud Chapter 10. Corporate Political Connections and Corruption; Matthew Boland Chapter 11. The Spillover Impact of Corporate Fraud on Peer Firms; Tashfeen Hussain Chapter 12. Crowdfunding Without Crowd-fooling: Prevention is Better Than Cure; Sondes Mbarek and Donia Trabelsi Section 4: Corporate Fraud Detection and Prevention Chapter 13. Corporate Whistleblowing: Towards a Regulatory Approach; Anita Anand Chapter 14. Forensic Accounting and Fraud Deterrence; Casey D. Evans Chapter 15. Cyber Security and Corporate Fraud; James K. Hayes Chapter 16. Law Enforcement Agencies and Corporate Fraud; Robert A. Warren and Michael Pakaluk Chapter 17. Financial Statement Fraud: Motivation, Methods, and Detection; S. David Young Section 5: Corporate Fraud in Practice Chapter 18. Accounting Scandals: Enron, Worldcom, and Global Crossing; Steven Petra and Andrew C. Spieler Chapter 19. Panama Papers and the Abuse of Shell Entities; Carl Pacini and Nicole Forbes Stowell Chapter 20. Stock Option Manipulations; Haifa Amairi, Boushra El Haj Hassan, and Janelle Mann Chapter 21. Satyam Scandal; Yan Luo and Linying Zhou Chapter 22. Corporate Fraud: The Cases of Barings Bank, Volkswagen, and HIH Insurance; Sayan Sarkar and Andrew C. Spieler Section 6: Future Research Issues Chapter 23. Corporate Fraud: Avenues of Future Research; Nadia Smaili, Julien Le Maux, and Walid Ben Amar
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Convenience Triangle in White-Collar Crime: Case
Book SynopsisStudies have shown that the number of individuals being incarcerated for white-collar crime is on the rise, going hand-in-hand with an increase in support for punishment and imprisonment for white-collar offenders among the public. This book aims to discuss the role of the 'convenience triangle' in white-collar crime, how it affects the perpetration of these crimes, the impact of this on detection and prevention and the effects of the punitive measures taken against white-collar criminals. The 'convenience triangle' is the dynamic relationship between motive, opportunity, and willingness to commit a crime, which culminates in the illegal acts that constitute white-collar crime. The relationship between these factors is explored through case studies highlighting each of these six causal relationships. Alongside this, the role of whistleblowing in the detection of white-collar crime, and the issue of incarceration for white collar criminals are discussed. For students of business and management, this book will provide valuable insights into the motivation and practice of white-collar crime. Its insights and discussion will also prove valuable for practitioners, engaged in both management and crime prevention.Trade Review‘Gottschalk’s book stands out by not only providing a wealth of theoretical discussion, but by supporting this discussion with a panoply of practical case studies and offender autobiographies. It is a useful tool for students and practitioners in the legal, criminology, and business fields.’ -- Viviana I. Vasiu, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books‘Explores the motivational, organizational, and behavioral dimensions of convenience in white-collar crime, including eight corporate cases of fraud examinations.’ -- Journal of Economic Literature'Petter Gottschalk provides a fresh conceptual framework for understanding the sources of motivation, organizational opportunities, and personal willingness underlying the choice to engage in white-collar crime - the ''convenience triangle''. Drawing on a diversity of real-life cases, he illuminates how this model provides rich insights into the nature and control of financial fraud. This volume thus is criminologically sophisticated and policy relevant, making it essential reading for scholars and practitioners alike.' -- Francis T. Cullen, University of Cincinnati, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Stumbling Into Action Research 2. Whistleblowers as Information Sources 3. Retaliation against Whistleblowers 4. Crime in Religious Organizations 5. Convenience Triangle in Crime 6. When Fraud Examiners Fail 7. Special Sensitivity and Neutralization 8. Autobiographies by Offenders 9. Compensation of Victims 10. Case 1: Office of the Sheriff 11. Case 2: Pelham Property Fraud 12. Case 3: Nigeria Petroleum Fraud 13: Case 4: Toshiba Accounting Misconduct 14: Case 5 Wells Fargo Sales Misconduct 15: Case 6: Fuji Xerox Customer Fraud 16. Case 7: Olympus Accounting Misconduct 17. Case 8: BP Claims Attorney Misconduct 18: Public Procurement Case 19: Executive Deviance 20. Conclusion References Index
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Simon & Schuster Audio Bad Medicine: Catching New York's Deadliest Pill
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