dc.contributor.author | Filstad, Cathrine | |
dc.contributor.author | Gottschalk, Petter | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-06T07:53:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-06-06T07:53:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1368-5201 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/93402 | |
dc.description | This is the author's final and acceptet version, post refereeing, of the article. Publisher's version is available at www.emeraldinsight.com | no_NO |
dc.description.abstract | This article addresses the following research question: What are the characteristics of white-collar criminals in Norway? Our research is based on data from articles in Norwegian financial newspapers for one year were a total of 67 white-collar criminals convicted to jail sentence were identified. Our sample is analyzed and presented in comparising with especially U.S. literature on characteristics of white-collar criminals, which is believed to be both general and limited. Our contribution is also important, as studies of white-collar criminals so far has focused on case studies rather than statistical analysis of a larger sample. We find that the typically white-collar criminal is male, 46 years old, involved with first time crime of the amount of 30 million US dollars and convicted to 3 years of imprisonment. As a contradiction to previous literature on white-collar crime, we also find that they are not part of upper-class and higly education. On the contrary, even though mostly being leaders, they are not higly educated, but have a position that gives them access to money. Consequently, we also find that manipulation and fraud is the most common form of white-collar crime in Norway. | no_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | no_NO |
dc.publisher | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd | no_NO |
dc.subject | archival analysis | no_NO |
dc.subject | categories of business crime | no_NO |
dc.subject | white-collar criminals | no_NO |
dc.subject | crime research | no_NO |
dc.subject | jail sentences | no_NO |
dc.subject | Norway | no_NO |
dc.subject | descriptive statistics | no_NO |
dc.title | Characteristics of white-collar criminals: a Norwegian study | no_NO |
dc.type | Journal article | no_NO |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | no_NO |
dc.source.pagenumber | 175 - 187 | no_NO |
dc.source.volume | 15 | no_NO |
dc.source.journal | Journal of Money Laundering Control | no_NO |
dc.source.issue | 2 | no_NO |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1108/13685201211218199 | |