Theoretical and Empirical Advances in the Study and Control of White-Collar Offenders

Role of gender in white-collar crime: an examination of the emancipation and focal concerns hypotheses

“…An explanation for the potential lack of increase in women involvement by improved equality is the focal concern hypothesis suggesting that women involvement will not necessarily grow since women have concerns different from men (Benson, 2020;Benson and Gottschalk, 2015;Steffensmeier et al, 2013). This article adds to the research on women involvement by application of the convenience triangle suggesting that financial motive as well as personal willingness can become weaker and compensate for more convenient opportunities to commit and conceal pink-collar crime (Gottschalk, 2022).…”

The Theorizing of Terrorism within Criminology

“…These theoretical works and the ensuing empirical research (see Nagin 1998; were also instrumental in dispelling erroneous -yet politically prominent -ideas surrounding crime (Rafter 2005). Evidenced more recently through examinations into white-collar crime (Benson 2021;Simpson 2013; and cybercrime (Holt and Bossler 2014; Jaishankar 2018), criminological theories have been central to both establishing baseline knowledge on emerging crime types and designing prevention and harm reduction methods Langton and Piquero 2007;Leukfeldt and Yar 2016;Wilson et al 2015;Yar 2005). Considering terrorism's contested identity (Ganor 2002;Weinberg, Pedahzur, and Hirsch-Hoefler 2004), criminology's theoretical and empirical history positions it as a key discipline for understanding the nature of terrorism, why it is committed, and how to prevent or reduce this form of crime.…”

The Theorizing of Terrorism Within Criminology

“…Criminology's theoretical traditions are well suited for examining a rapidly developing and politicized subject area. Criminology has produced a range of major theoretical traditions that have increasingly influenced a broad range of policy domains (Sampson, Winship, and Knight 2013), and helped develop a more accurate understanding of traditional and emerging crime trends (Benson 2021). Since Beccaria's work, criminological research has helped to better articulate the rationale (or lack thereof) behind criminal justice responses (Beccaria 1764a) and understanding the motivations of those who break the law (Beccaria 1764b).…”

“…These theoretical works and the ensuing empirical research (see Nagin 1998, 2013) were also instrumental in dispelling erroneous—yet politically prominent—ideas surrounding crime (Rafter 2005). Evidenced more recently through examinations into white-collar crime (Benson 2021; Simpson 2013, 2019) and cybercrime (Holt and Bossler 2014; Jaishankar 2018), criminological theories have been central to both establishing baseline knowledge on emerging crime types and designing prevention and harm reduction methods (Hirschi and Gottfredson 1987; Langton and Piquero 2007; Leukfeldt and Yar 2016; Wilson et al 2015; Yar 2005). Considering terrorism's contested identity (Ganor 2002; Weinberg, Pedahzur, and Hirsch-Hoefler 2004), criminology's theoretical and empirical history positions it as a key discipline for understanding the nature of terrorism, why it is committed, and how to prevent or reduce this form of crime.…”