Women & Gender Studies

The Gender Gap in White-Collar Crime
A Multi-Country Study of Women Offenders in Economic Crime

Maryam Kamaei, PhD
Petter Gottschalk, PhD
Thomas E. Dearden, PhD

The Gender Gap in White-Collar Crime

In Production
Pub Date: Forthcoming October 2024
Hardback Price: $160 US | £120 UK
Hard ISBN: 9781774918265
Pages: Est. 287pp w/index
Binding Type: Hardback / ebook
Notes: 17 b/w illustrations

White collar crimes have historically been associated with men, because women have historically been left out of significant business sectors and economic markets generally. In recent years, women’s involvement in business is more frequent, leading to an interesting question: does this increase in economic participation by women lead to an increased proportion of women committing white-collar?

This new book, The Gender Gap in White-Collar Crime: A Multi-Country Study of Women Offenders in Economic Crime, helps to answer this question by extensively studying white collar crimes, focusing on the disparity in such crimes between men and women. It also looks at how pink collar crime differs dramatically in different countries, with case studies from various countries such as Norway, US, Iran, Denmark, and others to further enhance the understanding of the explained concepts.

The volume offers a specific focus on the convenience theory, an integrated theory originally created by Gottschalk, to explain general white-collar crime. Both theoretical arguments and empirical work examine the validity of the theory for explaining women white-collar crime. With authors geographically located around the world, adding an international focus, and given the variety of diverse participation of women in economic systems around the world, the authors consider international perspectives of white-collar crime. The volume also focuses on crimes of convenience in cybercrime by considering the importance of gender in the history of internet crime and the relationship between cybercrime and white-collar crime. The authors also suggest potential paths for future gender research in the perspective of women in white-collar crime and convenience theory.

Employing a variety of theoretical perspectives and empirical works to explain women’s white-collar crimes from an international perspective, this book will be of interest to faculty, students, and others who study white-collar crime. Anyone interested in advancing their understanding of white-collar crime, gender, criminological theory, and international differences in crime will also find this book extremely enlightening.

CONTENTS:
Preface

1. Introduction

2. Theory of Convenience

3. Gender Stage Model Norway

4. Gender Stage Model Utah

5. Women’s Target Selection

6. White-Collar Gender Gap

7. Gender Perspective on Corruption

8. Norwegian Offender Cases

9. Comparison of Iran and Norway

10. Female Cyber Offenders

11. Gendered Crime Convenience

12. Future Gender Research

13. Convenience Perceptions

14. Convenience Themes

15. Danish Offender Cases


Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Maryam Kamaei, PhD
Lecturer, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz

Maryam Kamaei, PhD, is a Lecturer in the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Ahvaz branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz. As of 2019, she has focused on investigating women and white-collar crime. She is currently the Director of the law Department of the University of Applied Sciences, Ahvaz Police Command Unit and the Senior Planning Director of this University.

Petter Gottschalk, PhD
Professor, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behavior, BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo, Norway

Petter Gottschalk, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Leadership and Organizational Behavior at BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo, Norway. He has published extensively on white-collar crime, convenience theory, and corporate investigations. Dr. Gottschalk has held several chief executive officer positions in business before joining academia.

Thomas E. Dearden, PhD
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), USA

Thomas E. Dearden, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), USA. His work focuses on the interaction of white-collar crime and cybercrime. He has more than a dozen academic publications and over 40 presentations to his credit. He has consulted for several organizations across the globe.




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