Elite Deviance · 2nd Edition
- Authors
- Simon, David R. & Eitzen, D. Stanley
- Publisher
- Allyn & Bacon
- Tags
- deviant behavior , sociology , white collar crimes , afwijkend gedrag , kriminalität , politics , elite , witteboordencriminaliteit , elite (social sciences)
- ISBN
- 9780205321766
- Date
- 1986-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.48 MB
- Lang
- en
New coverage of hot topics such as the Los Angeles police corruption scandal; the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal; gasoline price fixing; 2000 campaign financing scandals; money laundering by the Bank of New York; black market cigarette smuggling by the major cigarette firms; the law suits being filed against gun manufacturers by major American cities; the NSA spy networks phone tapping capability; and the fraud scam by the worlds two leading auction houses. * Updated coverage of the CIA-Contra cocaine link; JFK, the Rat Pack, and the Mafia; and Russell Mokhibers 100 most important corporate crimes of the 1990s. * New data on lack of antitrust enforcement against major corporations. * Systematically examines the nations most serious scandals, including the JFK assassination, Watergate, Iran-Contra, the Savings and Loan scandal, crimes of the Bush administration, scandals of the Clinton Administration, the Waco raid, and others. * An epilogue offers solutions to help resolve social problems related to social deviance. * Includes up-to-the-minute public opinion reports that reflect the lack of confidence in government and business in the United States. * Thoroughly analyzes the recent wav