American smuggling as white collar crime
In: Routledge advances in criminology 17
In: Routledge Advances in Sociology Ser.
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: The New World -- 2: The Embargo of 1807-1809 and the War of 1812 -- 3: The Civil War -- 4: Filibustering and Revolutionaries -- 5: The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920 -- 6: Prohibition-Part 1 -- 7: Prohibition-Part 2 -- 8: The Drug Trade -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
In: Routledge advances in criminology 17
In: Routledge advances in criminology 17
In: Routledge Advances in Criminology
When Edwin Sutherland introduced the concept of white-collar crime, he referred to the respectable businessmen of his day who had, in the course of their occupations, violated the law whenever it was advantageous to do so. Yet since the founding of the American Republic, numerous otherwise respectable individuals had been involved in white-collar criminality. Using organized smuggling as an exemplar, this narrative history of American smuggling establishes that white-collar crime has always been an integral part of American history when conditions were favorable to violating the law.This dark
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