ABSTRACT

The book attempts to accomplish two goals. The first goal is to base white-collar crime research on the theory of convenience. The second goal is to describe and analyze the investigation of white-collar crime incidents by the private policing sector. The two goals are linked since a successful understanding of white-collar crime incidents in a convenience perspective can improve the performance of fraud examiners in private internal investigations. The book strives to develop new ground both theoretically and methodologically. It spends from action research by the author to investigations by fraud examiners. It develops the theory of convenience as an explanation for motive, opportunity, and willingness to commit and conceal white-collar crime.