White-Collar and Corporate Crime

White-Collar and Corporate Crime examines financial fraud, corruption, environmental offenses, and corporate misconduct shaping global economies and societies. This comprehensive resource explores mechanisms, motivations, and consequences of white-collar criminality spanning securities fraud, insider trading, tax evasion, money laundering, antitrust violations, and workplace safety violations. Coverage systematically addresses theoretical frameworks including strain theory, opportunity theory, and rational choice perspectives explaining elite deviance. The book details detection methodologies, forensic accounting techniques, regulatory enforcement mechanisms, and prosecution challenges across North America, Europe, Asia, and emerging economies. Real-world case studies illustrate landmark corporate scandals including financial sector collapses, pharmaceutical misconduct, and environmental disasters demonstrating systemic accountability failures. Advanced sections examine cross-border enforcement challenges, multinational legal frameworks, whistleblower protections, and corporate governance reforms. Coverage emphasizes prevention strategies including compliance programs, ethical corporate cultures, and regulatory cooperation. Readers develop understanding of white-collar crime patterns, enforcement complexities, and accountability mechanisms. This volume serves criminology scholars, legal practitioners, corporate compliance professionals, regulators, and business leaders seeking understanding of corporate crime dynamics and prevention strategies globally.