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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
criminology
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Uri Bruck
Coordinator Office Hours:
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Uri Bruck
Course/Module description:
The course will deal with white-collar crimes and the ways in which the literature deals with them.
Course/Module aims:
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Students should be able to understand theories of the phenomenon of whit-collar crime, as well as criticism against them.
Attendance requirements(%):
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Frontal
Course/Module Content:
Lesson 1: Introduction - Definition of White Collar Crimes
Lesson 2: Scope of the phenomenon and problems in measuring the scope
Lessons 3 + 4: Implications of the phenomenon, WCC casualties, public perceptions, and characteristics of the offenders
Lessons 5 + 6: Corporate Offenses, Professional Offenses, Offenses Committed by the State and / or Its Employees, Hybrid White Collar Crimes
Lessons 7 + 8: The differential connective theory and the use of neutralization techniques as explanations of white-collar crime, theoretical explanations at macro, micro and integrative levels
Lesson 9: Policing and Regulation of WCC
Lesson 10: Capital and Government - Offenses of Public Officials: The Specific Case of the Bribery Offense
Lesson 11: Case Studies of White Collar Crimes (Waste Disposal, Drug Crimes, Internet Sales, Consumer Crimes, Local Government Crimes, Sports Offenses, Money Laundering, Competition, Identity Theft)
Lesson 12: Tax Offenses
Lesson 13: Deterrence of white collar crime
Lesson 14: Summary
Required Reading:
שיעור 1 Lesson
Levi, M. (2006). The media construction of financial white-collar crimes. The British Journal of Criminology, 46, 1037-1057.
שיעור 2 Lesson
Simpson, S., Harris, A. & Mattson, B. (1993). Measuring corporate crime. In M., Blankenship (Ed.). Understanding corporate criminality (pp.115-140). New York: Garland.
שיעור 3+4 Lessons
Croall, H. (2012). Victims of white collar crime and corporate crime. In P., Davies, P., Francis & C., Greer (Eds.). Victims, crime and society (pp78-108). SAGE Publications Ltd.
שיעור 5+6 Lessons
Glasbeek, H.J. (2002). An ill-assorted trio: capitalism, the market, & the corporation. In Wealth by stealth: Corporate crime, corporate law and the perversion of democracy (pp. 15-24). Toronto: Between the Lines.
שיעור 7+8 Lessons
Piquero, N.L., Tibbetts, S.G. & Blankenship, M.B. (2005). Examining the role of differential association and techniques of neutralization in explaining corporate crime. Deviant Behavior, 26, 159-188.
שיעור 9 Lesson
Wheeler, S., Weisburd, D., & Bode, N. (1982). Sentencing the white-collar offender: Rhetoric and reality. American Sociological Review, 47, 641-659.
שיעור 10 Lesson
Sanyal, R. (2005). Determinants of bribery in international business: The cultural and economic factors. Journal of Business Ethics, 59, 139-145.
שיעור 11 Lesson
Allison, S., Schuck, A, & Lersch K (2005). “Exploring the crime of identity theft: Prevalence, clearance rates, and victim/offender characteristics. Journal of Criminal Justice, 33, 19-29.
שיעור 12 Lesson
Mason, R., & Calvin, L. D. (1984). Public confidence and admitted tax evasion.National Tax Journal, 489-496.
שיעור 13 Lesson
Ivancevich, J. M., Duening, T. N., Gilbert, J. A., & Konopaske, R. (2003). Deterring white-collar crime. The Academy of Management Executive, 17(2), 114-127.
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 80 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 20 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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