White-Collar Crime in Modern England.
George Robb
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.
Thể loại:
Năm:
2002
In lần thứ:
Kindle
Nhà xuát bản:
Independely Published
Ngôn ngữ:
english
Trang:
264
ISBN 10:
0521526124
ISBN 13:
9780521526128
File:
PDF, 6.56 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2002