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- Myths and Misunderstandings in White-Collar Crime
- Myths and Misunderstandings in White-Collar Crime
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Too Much or Too Little?
- 2 Unknown Knowns
- 3 Flat Laws
- 4 Outsourcing
- 5 Gap Management
- 6 Broken Discourse
- 7 Breaking Down the Code
- 8 Consolidation and Grading
- Conclusion
- Index
7 - Breaking Down the Code
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 July 2023
- Myths and Misunderstandings in White-Collar Crime
- Myths and Misunderstandings in White-Collar Crime
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Too Much or Too Little?
- 2 Unknown Knowns
- 3 Flat Laws
- 4 Outsourcing
- 5 Gap Management
- 6 Broken Discourse
- 7 Breaking Down the Code
- 8 Consolidation and Grading
- Conclusion
- Index
Summary
One of this book’s recurring themes is that white-collar crime’s institutions have confused and misled us, tempting us with a series of counterproductive and unhelpful myths. A combination of poorly tracked offenses, ungraded laws, and underwritten codes obfuscates the federal government’s enforcement activities and distorts our assessment of deception and its enforcement.1 We lack a clear understanding of what our institutions are doing, and we lose faith in them as a result. Moreover, because so much of white-collar crime occupies a space limned by the technically liable offense and the strategically viable prosecution, gaps in enforcement remain misunderstood and undertheorized.2
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- Myths and Misunderstandings in White-Collar Crime , pp. 159 - 179Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023