ABSTRACT
The theory of convenience is an integrated and deductive approach to explaining the white-collar crime phenomenon based on a number of perspectives from criminology, management, sociology and psychology. There is convenience in the three dimensions of financial motive, organizational opportunity and deviant behavior. Based on an empirical study of 408 convicted white-collar offenders in Norway, this research identified the frequency of various convenience themes within each dimension. In the financial motive dimension, most convicts committed occupational crime to exploit possibilities (62%). Offenders wanted to climb the hierarchy of needs for status and success. In the organizational opportunity dimension, legitimate access to premises, resources and systems was the most frequent theme (32%). In the deviant behavior dimension, rationality in terms of benefits exceeding costs was the most frequent theme (30%).
