RT Article
T1 Convenience in white-collar crime: a case study of corruption among friends in Norway
JF Criminal justice studies
VO 33
IS 4
SP 413
OP 424
A1 Gottschalk, Petter 1950-
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1748567748
AB 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.
K1 personal willingness
K1 Organizational opportunity
K1 financial motive
K1 Corruption
K1 Case study
K1 theory of convenience
K1 white-collar crime
DO 10.1080/1478601X.2020.1723084