Description
Book SynopsisAddresses a variety of issues related to economic crisis in the broadest sense of the term, involving diverse national and international contexts, historical epochs, and a range of problems related to economic life. This title tackles criminologically relevant questions in connection with crime/deviance and/or the control thereof.
Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Introduction: criminological perspectives of the crisis. Fraud and Inequality in the Subprime Mortgage Crisis. Diffusion of Fraud Through Subprime Lending: The Perfect Storm. Public Attitudes Toward Blameworthiness and Control of the Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis. The Securitization of Mortgage Fraud. Social Reactions to White-Collar Crimes and their Relationship to Economic Crises. Corporate Crime and Crisis: Causation Scenarios. Illegally Backdated Stock Options. The Criminal Consequences of Changes in Neighborhood Structure Due to Home Foreclosure: A Theoretical Discussion. Employment, Unemployment, and Rates of Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from the National Crime Victim Surveys. The Showdown with Shrinking Budgets: Police Departments in Economic Downturns. Economic Crisis and Crime. Sociology of crime, law and deviance. Sociology of crime, law and deviance. Copyright page.
