Globalization and white-collar crime

Peter Grabosky*

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    Abstract

    This chapter discusses how globalization facilitates white-collar crime, and how it can foster more effective mechanisms for the prevention and control of white-collar crime. It uses the framework of routine activity theory to explain transnational white-collar crime, then presents a range of offence types with examples of cross-border offending. The essay then turns to a discussion of regulatory institutions that can comprise a system of transnational white-collar crime control. It illustrates the evolution of global regulatory systems with the examples of transnational corruption control and the international cooperation to combat money laundering. The chapter concludes with the observation that, as is the case of conventional domestic "street crime", the effective prevention and control of whitecollar crime in an era of globalization requires the involvement of public, private, and nonprofit institutions.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationThe Criminology of White-Collar Crime
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages129-151
    Number of pages23
    ISBN (Print)9780387095011
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009

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