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i **** * White-Collar Crime:
Accounts ot Offending Behaviour.
By Janice Goldstraw-white. Pal-
grave Macmillan; us.macmillan.com;
218 pase5; $9O,
Fnhis boolbnnss togrrher ree,rc|
I .nuh,re..llr,nnrlhat.ro
I uides investieato.s a'dsecuritv
Irofessionals useful insight or lraud
from rhe terspective ofdiffcrcnt tytes
Aulh.r Janice Goldstraw White pro
vides a look into the invisible" offcnses
olthc fraudsLei. explonngthe accounts of
whiie collnrcriminals in detail, and dGw
ing corcl!sions tuom an oveNiew olre
sea.cl slpportedby eiplanatorytables,
fi gures, and case sludies. Herbook builds
on prcvious stdies in this dea and pro
videsinteiesftIginsighis forrcadeB seek
ing ir dcpth knowledge onthis subject.
Irnlik. nosL other sLudies. this bool
also ex!loresthe gender dilferences it
ap?roaches to taling money dishones lly.
To date, ther hasbccn conprratively lit
tlc research or fcfralewhite collar ol
fending, andwharhas bccn ?ublishcd
las revealed a mixtlrc offirdings. Tnc
althor conchdcs thrtthis is due in lait
to few lemales being includcd ir san?lcs,
o.not being considc.ed comtirablc
The book ?rescnts the reader
wilh an aray ofirtcresting esays
on useful topics such as piemises
liability, undercover opcratioDs, in
tegriLy invesligations, protcctin g
assets, hortgage lratrd, arsoninves
iigations, and hoft icide investiSa
tions. Nhnv other in!estigative top
i.s are erplored in inis lome aswell.
The authon ofthcsr articles often in
corporate infomation on how thevan
ors typcs olinvestigations shouldbe con
tion. Collectively, thc conlributing au
rho6 adequately slell out the alplicable
beslinvestigalile lraciiccs as lhey sun'ey
Lhe vadous types of inv€stigatio ns.
In shorl, Lhis worl is a valuablc conlri
butjor to thc fteld ofinvestigation, espe
cially in the ?nvate se.Lor'1he editor did
a su?erb job ofcollccting meaniDgful ar
ticles pertaining to thc study otinvesLiga
tionas well as rhe investigative pro.es.
RevieL.r: Hugh J. l,1an in i.; a rerred
paltce chteff.aat Wtscansh He is a
s?duate at th-. FBI Natianat A.a.Jemy
an.J a trierbet afAS1S
t: **** 1 Prdf€ssional secu-
rity officer s€ries. By Emergency
Film Group; efilmgroup.com; DVD;
$l,3OO (series of 4) or $325 each.
F meLsenq lilm Crlup hI re
H r",.;.r,
""" r,","i"0 rnes ror se
It.untr rrotesrur:l' rhe <eueq
does an excellent job ofcovering lhe es
sential elements that every securily ofli
cer shouldknow Cunentllr tlerc are four
l)VDsin thc series: "Roles & Reslonsibili
ties, ?atrolling&Ohsewation," Han
dhDg xmertcncies," and Countenng Tc.
+intermediate, +-advanced,'4lrr:. dLl levels).
beins the hishest.
pleadinggxilty coftpared to 59 lercent of
lhe nen. Thc najodty ofwonen{cre
classilied as acce!tors, suggesting that
being labeled a criminrl nay be feh as
]e$ ofa sligma bywom€n thtn by
men. Looting at the moral aspccl of
the accounLs ftomthe offendeis per
slective, no womaD accountedlor
her cnm€ in lerms of "uDacce?lable
motives, such as greed or addjction,
though several ol lhe men did. Th is
bool is atnust read for anyone seek
ingin depth infornaLjon on whjte
Rewewer t'1ike van Dranseten cPC
PSP, PCl, is the secu.ity nanager
and se.urity advtsor at A.:a.ie.nlc
l.1edi.al Center in Anstor.lan. the
Neaher/ards He serv-.s on ahe 45/5
Law Entarc-.ment Lai.;on Couhcil.
t! ***** A Manual of Private
lnvestigaiion Techniques. Edited by
William F. Bl.ke. Charles C. Thomas
Publisheis, Ltd.; ccthomas.com;
326 pages; $39,95; atso available
alongside nale offendec.
FFlhe edrtor of this vulumc sas Jhl€
I m,-*.," "-".'", ""mrr.
oi
I n.".n.-r- u.t* r,i t,,,t
'.n,ing and expenenced investigato^. All
though clearly deseloped for pdvatc in
vestigators, its lreadth of tolics
peft.iring to various types ofin
vestigatiors givcs it signiticance
forinvestigators working in the
acceptlegal guiitand
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