To Control or Be Controlled: Predicting Types of Offending in a Corporate Environment Using Control-Balance Theory

This study seeks to determine the extent to which Tittle's control balance (CB) theory (CBT: 1995) accurately predicts different types of deviance within a corporate setting (in this case, a financial services corporation). CB theory contends that deviance is the result of a control imbalance b...

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Authors: Hunt, Donald E. (Author) ; Topalli, Volkan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 2019, Volume: 35, Issue: 3, Pages: 435-464
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
White Collar Crime
Corporate deviance
Control-balance theory
White collar crime
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Summary:This study seeks to determine the extent to which Tittle's control balance (CB) theory (CBT: 1995) accurately predicts different types of deviance within a corporate setting (in this case, a financial services corporation). CB theory contends that deviance is the result of a control imbalance between the amount of control a person exerts and the amount to which they are subject. Control deficits result in repressive deviance (including most types of predatory crime). Control surpluses result in autonomous deviance (including many types of white collar offending).
ISSN:1573-7799
DOI:10.1007/s10940-018-9390-0