Can general strain theory explain white-collar crime? A preliminary investigation of the relationship between strain and select white-collar offenses
✍ Scribed by Lynn Langton; Nicole Leeper Piquero
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 241 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0047-2352
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✦ Synopsis
Agnew's (1992)
general strain theory (GST) had been tested across a wide range of populations and on numerous criminal and analogous behaviors. The ability of GST to predict white-collar offending, however, had yet to be explored. Using data from convicted white-collar offenders, this research examined the ability of GST to explain white-collar offenses. The results revealed that GST was useful for predicting a select group of white-collar offenses, but might not be generalizable to individuals committing corporate-type crimes. Additionally, the findings suggested that the types of strain and negative emotion at work for white-collar offenders might vary from those found in other criminal populations. Implications for white-collar crime studies are discussed and ideas for future research are presented.