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White collar offenders

SENTENCING THE WHITE-COLLAR OFFENDER

NCJ Number
68003
Journal
American Criminal Law Review
Date Published
1980
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)

White Collar Crime

November 2009

The subprime mortgage industry collapse has led to a record number of foreclosures. In this environment, the interest mortgage fraud has risen, along with questions of how fraud contributed to the crisis. Henry Pontell and Sally Simpson discuss what they have learned about investigating and prosecuting white-collar criminals, the role of corporate ethics in America, and what policymakers and lawyers can learn from evidence of fraud.