Crimes of the Middle Classes: White-Collar Offenders in the Federal Courts

by David Weisburd, Stanton Wheeler, Elin Waring

In this major study of convicted white-collar offenders in America, Weisburd, Wheeler, Waring, and Bode show that, contrary to public assumption, the majority of white-collar criminals are not wealthy but come from the middle classes and that judges are not more lenient with these offenders but often punish them more harshly than less socially privileged criminals.

232 pages, Hardcover

First published June 26, 1991

About the author

David L. Weisburd (b. 1954) is a leading American criminologist and Distinguished Professor at George Mason University, where he heads the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy. Known particularly for his work on policing, white-collar crime, and the criminology of place, he is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Experimental Criminology and an Honorary Fellow of the American Society of Criminology. (His other honors, awards and positions are too numerous to even summarize here.) Weisburd received his undergraduate education at Shimer College and Brandeis University, and his master's and doctoral degrees from Yale University. He has authored more than twenty books and more than a hundred scholarly articles; his better-known works include Statistics in Criminal Justice and Putting Crime in Its Place. (from Shimer College Wiki)

Reviews

[Faceless Void · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 star because it's so hard to find books in such an interesting (but rarely talked) topic.
An old saying in China is "The best ways to become rich are all written in the criminal laws". Another evidence of Chimerica - the double-headed Chimaera in Warcraft III is a perfect metaphor.