White-Collar Crime in Modern England: Financial Fraud and Business Morality, 1845 1929
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In the period between the 1840s and the 1920s the British economy was transformed, from small-scale capitalism dominated by individual traders and partnerships to a complex financial structure dominated by large, joint-stock companies. The tremendous growth of big business created a world of new opportunities for criminal exploitation. The promotion and management of public companies and the trading of commercial securities proved vulnerable to the white-collar crimes of fraud and embezzlement. Problems of financial fraud were exacerbated by a climate of laissez-faire which championed the most permissive commercial legislation in the world, and white-collar crime wreaked havoc on the modern British economy. This new book examines the spread of white-collar crime from the Victorian period to the early twentieth century and offers a new perspective on modern scandals.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521526124
ISBN13:9780521526128
Release Date:July 2002
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:264 Pages
Weight:0.89 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"
Related Subjects
England Europe History Ireland Law Legal History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Textbooks True Accounts True CrimeCustomer Reviews
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