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This volume addresses a variety of issues related to economic crisis in the broadest sense of the term, involving diverse national and international contexts, historical epochs, and a range of problems related to economic life. The chapters in this volume tackle criminologically relevant questions in connection with crime/deviance and/or the control thereof, on the basis of an analysis of any aspect of economic life, in general, and economic crisis, in particular. Thematically diverse within the province of criminology and the sociology of crime, deviance, and social control, the chapters are not restricted in terms of theoretical approach and methodological orientation. In these and all other relevant respects, this book is usefully varied in examining selected dimensions of economic crisis in relation to important questions of crime and crime control. Specific themes discussed include: corporate crime, money laundering, foreclosures, and mortgage fraud. This book provides timely analyses of the impact of the current economic crisis, innovative perspectives on problems of economy and finance, and criminological insights on often neglected aspects of social life. Students and scholars in criminology, sociology, economics, criminal justice, and other relevant social sciences will find much food for thought in these pages and, hopefully, discover insights relatable to their own investigations.

This volume appears as Volume 16 in the series, "Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance."

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INTRODUCTION: CRIMINOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE CRISIS  [online copy]

            Mathieu Deflem

 

PART I: THE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE CRISIS

 

Fraud and Inequality in the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
            Tomson H. Nguyen and Henry N. Pontell

 

DIFFUSION OF FRAUD THROUGH SUBPRIME LENDING: THE PERFECT STORM

            Laura A. Patterson and Cynthia A. Koller

 

PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD BLAMEWORTHINESS AND CONTROL OF THE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE CRISIS

            Nicole Leeper Piquero, Marc Gertz, and Jake Bratton

 

THE SECURITIZATION OF MORTGAGE FRAUD

            Harold C. Barnett

 

 

PART II: CORPORATE AND WHITE-COLLAR CRIME

 

SOCIAL REACTIONS TO WHITE-COLLAR CRIMES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO ECONOMIC CRISES

            Michael Levi

 

CORPORATE CRIME AND CRISIS: CAUSATION SCENARIOS

            Wim Huisman

 

ILLEGALLY BACKDATED STOCK OPTIONS

            David Shichor, Henry N. Pontell, and Gilbert Geis

 

 

part iii: crime (CONTROL) and economic recesssion

 

The Criminal Consequences of Changes in Neighborhood Structure Due to Home Foreclosure: A Theoretical Discussion

            Paul Harris

 

EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT AND RATES OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE:  EVIDENCE FROM THE NATIONAL CRIME VICTIM SURVEYS

            Richard R. Peterson

 

The Showdown with Shrinking Budgets: Police Departments in Economic Downturns

            Darrell D. Irwin

 

 

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