Law

Annotation of the Bibliographies

Lawrence Salinger (2004) Encyclopedia of White Collar and Corporate Crime Sage Publishers.

Author Lawrence Salinger, has written the book Encyclopedia of White Collar and Corporate Crime for the use by college and high schools students. It contains 974 comprehensive pages. The language that has been used is simple and the author has ensured that he has included examples of precedents that relate to the white collar crime, as a means of projection of the idea. It also includes simple definitions that enlighten the student and enhances hisher understanding throughout the study. Each topic in the book has been written down with sophistication with summations and references being included to give way to further research and perception by the student.

The book covers all the aspects of white collar crime, putting into consideration the diversity of the topics that surround it. The cases that have been highlighted are those that include the different companies, individuals and Acts. The book is an excellent choice for the study of the topic since it covers the commercial, the legislative, the managerial, the economical and the political crimes. This being the main areas in which White Collar Crime is becoming rampant ensures that the reader has a wide coverage of the concept.

Ellen Podgar, Jerold Israel and Paul Borman (2003) White Collar Crimes Law and Practice Thomson West.

The White Collar Crime is a crime that has frequently not been discovered and in many cases is just let to slide away, due to the ignorance and unawareness that surrounds the concept. The book by Ellen Podgar et al brings out the laws and the cases that have been dealt with so far in the area in an attempt to spread the knowledge of White Collar crimes to its readers. The authors of the book have incorporated all the concepts of law and directed them towards this particular crime. The procedures, both substantive and administrative have been explained clearly in regard to the white collar crimes.

With this book, students are able to appreciate the different procedures that are followed in the identification all through to the prosecution of the corporate and the white collar crimes. The authors of the book were also able to project both the traditional and the modern statutes and cases that govern the crimes giving illustrations where necessary. The book contains 895 pages.

Girish Mishra and Braj Kumar Pandey (1998) White Collar Crimes Gyan Books Publishers.

The book by the Indian authors has been categorized under History. This is because it takes us back to the period before the industrial revolution where there were no crimes rated under white collar. The book clearly brings out the modernity of the crime and its relation with the rich and famous. It has a total of 426 pages. The authors have captured a wide area where the crimes have taken place, laying an emphasis on the business world, the religions, the media houses and the political arena.

 The book then further sheds a light on the concept of mafias which are groups of people who are aimed at destroying each other by defrauding and swindling off finances with an aim of making themselves financially capable, and has also indicated the scams that come up as a result of that. The book narrows its study to the occurrences in India making it very understandable and very easy for the reader to relate the concepts to the happenings of a particular country. The book has been written for explorers, governments, reporters and any other interested readers.

Sutherland, Edwin Hardin (1985) White Collar Crime The Uncut Version Yale University Press.

Sutherland explained the concept of white collar crimes with a lime light on the happening of the United States business arena. The book flamboyantly illustrates the precedents that have been witnessed so far in American courts with a thorough inclusion of the different types of white collar crimes. The book illustrates the lengths at which individuals and a corporate can go to in order to swindle some money for their own financial benefits. The authors have made the book very readable and due to this it can be used by any kind of readers interested in the laws and the prosecutions behind white collar crimes.

Larry J. Siege (2008) Criminology 10th Edition Cengage Learning Publishers.

Siege, the author of the book criminology begins the book with an in depth analysis of the general concept of criminology. The theories and the criminal justice system are well introduced in this part of the book. The different types of crime are then explained one and one and later in the book on page 370, chapter 13, under the topic White Collar and Organized Crimes, the concept of white collar crime is covered. The book is aimed at equipping students with the required skill and knowledge of the concepts with additional end-of-chapter evaluations, synopsis and abstracts represented on tables and instances and cases. The examples are very essential since they ensure that whatever is studied in the book is applied side by side with what is happening in the real world. This therefore, makes it very easy for the student to analyze the concept and be able to detect a corporate or a white collar crime in the future when they are in the working environment.