Convenience in white-collar crime: a case study of corruption among friends in Norway

The theory of convenience is an emerging approach to explain the occurrence of white-collar crime. Convenience theory suggests that there is a financial motive enabling the offender to exploit possibilities and avoid threats, an organizational opportunity to commit and conceal crime, and a personal...

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Main Author: Gottschalk, Petter 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Criminal justice studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 33, Issue: 4, Pages: 413-424
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:The theory of convenience is an emerging approach to explain the occurrence of white-collar crime. Convenience theory suggests that there is a financial motive enabling the offender to exploit possibilities and avoid threats, an organizational opportunity to commit and conceal crime, and a personal willingness for deviant behavior. This article tests the theory by a case study of a logistics manager who entered into corrupt relationships with friends who were suppliers. Among the many themes included in the structural model of convenience theory, the case study illustrates occupational rather than corporate crime that benefitted the offender personally. The motive was greed, while the opportunity was caused by status and lack of oversight and guardianship. His willingness was based on his choice of private relationships where he could justify his actions and neutralize feelings of guilt.
ISSN:1478-6028
DOI:10.1080/1478601X.2020.1723084