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dc.contributor.authorFilstad, Cathrine
dc.contributor.authorGottschalk, Petter
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-06T07:53:19Z
dc.date.available2012-06-06T07:53:19Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.issn1368-5201
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/93402
dc.descriptionThis is the author's final and acceptet version, post refereeing, of the article. Publisher's version is available at www.emeraldinsight.comno_NO
dc.description.abstractThis 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.isoengno_NO
dc.publisherEmerald Group Publishing Ltdno_NO
dc.subjectarchival analysisno_NO
dc.subjectcategories of business crimeno_NO
dc.subjectwhite-collar criminalsno_NO
dc.subjectcrime researchno_NO
dc.subjectjail sentencesno_NO
dc.subjectNorwayno_NO
dc.subjectdescriptive statisticsno_NO
dc.titleCharacteristics of white-collar criminals: a Norwegian studyno_NO
dc.typeJournal articleno_NO
dc.typePeer reviewedno_NO
dc.source.pagenumber175 - 187no_NO
dc.source.volume15no_NO
dc.source.journalJournal of Money Laundering Controlno_NO
dc.source.issue2no_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/13685201211218199


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