"Crimes of the Middle Classes" by David Weisburd

Crimes of the Middle Classes White Collar Offenders in the Federal Courts David Weisburd, etc., Stanton Wheeler, Elin Waring, Nancy Bode

Series:
Yale Studies on White-collar Crime
Format:
Paperback
Publication date:
01 Jun 1991
ISBN:
9780300059465
Dimensions:
232 pages: 216 x 140 x 13mm
Illustrations:
black & white illustrations

In this major study of convicted white-collar offenders in America, Weisburd, Wheeler, Waring, and Bode show that, contrary to public assumption, the majority of white-collar criminals are not wealthy but come from the middle classes and that judges are not more lenient with these offenders but often punish them more harshly than less socially privileged criminals.