Author : George Robb
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521526128
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)
Book Synopsis White-Collar Crime in Modern England by : George Robb
Download or read book White-Collar Crime in Modern England written by George Robb and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-07-18 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the period between the 1840s and the 1920s the British economy was transformed, from small-scale capitalism dominated by individual traders and partnerships to a complex financial structure dominated by large, joint-stock companies. The tremendous growth of big business created a world of new opportunities for criminal exploitation. The promotion and management of public companies and the trading of commercial securities proved vulnerable to the white-collar crimes of fraud and embezzlement. Problems of financial fraud were exacerbated by a climate of laissez-faire which championed the most permissive commercial legislation in the world, and white-collar crime wreaked havoc on the modern British economy. This new book examines the spread of white-collar crime from the Victorian period to the early twentieth century and offers a new perspective on modern scandals.