We thank the McCormick Foundation for their financial support and the staff of John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s Center on Media, Crime, and Justice, who organized the April 2008 conference for journalists, academics, and other specialists, “How Do They Get Away with It? Tracking Financial Crime in the New Era,” which gave attention to the developing economic events.
We also thank our graduate research assistant, Alex Holden, who provided invaluable assistance. His organizational skills, attention to detail, and sheer endurance greatly facilitated the completion of this book. We greatly appreciate his devotion to this endeavor.
Finally, we thank the editors and staff at Columbia University Press who worked with us. In particular, we are grateful for Edward Wade’s patience and editorial attention to detail and the masterful copyediting by Ron Harris and Julie Palmer Hoffman.