White-collar crime in modern England : financial fraud and business morality, 1845-1929

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White-collar crime in modern England : financial fraud and business morality, 1845-1929

George Robb

Cambridge University Press, 2002, c1992

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-243) and index

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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.

目次

  • List of tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The new economy: transformation of finance and opportunities for crime
  • 2. The railway mania
  • 3. Banking and credit fraud
  • 4. Stock fraud
  • 5. Company fraud: promotion
  • 6. Company fraud: management
  • 7. Company law and the courts
  • 8. Business ethics and professionalization
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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