RT Book
T1 White-collar crime in modern England: financial fraud and business morality, 1845-1929
A1 Robb, George
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 1992
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/883480735
AB In the period between the 1840s and the 1920s the British economy was transformed, from small-scale capitalism dominated by individual traders and partnerships to a complex financial structure dominated by large, joint-stock companies. The tremendous growth of big business created a world of new opportunities for criminal exploitation. The promotion and management of public companies and the trading of commercial securities proved vulnerable to the white-collar crimes of fraud and embezzlement. Problems of financial fraud were exacerbated by a climate of laissez-faire which championed the most permissive commercial legislation in the world, and white-collar crime wreaked havoc on the modern British economy. This new book examines the spread of white-collar crime from the Victorian period to the early twentieth century and offers a new perspective on modern scandals
AB Introduction: White-collar crime and the criminal "upperworld" -- 1. The new economy: transformation of finance and opportunities for crime -- 2. The Railway Mania -- 3. Banking and credit fraud -- 4. Stock fraud -- 5. Company fraud: promotion -- 6. Company fraud: management -- 7. Company law and the courts -- 8. Business ethics and professionalization -- Conclusion: Final considerations
OP 250
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
CN HV6771.G8
SN 9780511522789
K1 Securities fraud : Great Britain : History : 19th century
K1 Securities fraud : Great Britain : History : 20th century
K1 Commercial crimes : Great Britain : History : 20th century
K1 Commercial crimes : Great Britain : History : 19th century
K1 Commercial crimes ; Great Britain ; History ; 19th century
K1 Commercial crimes ; Great Britain ; History ; 20th century
K1 Securities fraud ; Great Britain ; History ; 19th century
K1 Securities fraud ; Great Britain ; History ; 20th century
K1 Großbritannien : Unternehmen : Wirtschaftskriminalität : Geschichte 1845-1929
K1 Großbritannien : Börsenspekulation : Wirtschaftskriminalität : Geschichte 1845-1929
K1 eBook-Cambridge-Gesamt-EBA-2024
DO 10.1017/CBO9780511522789