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Abstract In an effort to assess the correlates of the variations in the rate of crime aggregated at a city level, data are analyzed using multiple correlation analysis that includes indicators of socioeconomic and social control (police) characteristics of the cities The results indicate that the rate of police and money budgeted to police contributes little to the explained variation in rates of crime. In addition, these indicators of social control variations do not correlate with variations in clearance rates The data are interpreted in terms of their implications for public policy, evaluation of police, and deterrence theory.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Section I What Is White-Collar Crime? -- Chapter 1 The "Discovery" of White‐Collar Crime: The Legacy of Edwin Sutherland -- Introduct ion -- The Life of Edwin Sutherland and His Rise to His Position as a Leading Criminologist -- The Concept of White-Collar Crime -- White-Collar Crime as Crime of the Upper Classes -- Sutherland's Lasting Influence and Relevance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 White Collar Crime: Definitional Debates and the Case for a Typological Approach -- Introductory Observations -- Defining White Collar -- On the Definition of Crime Itself: Some Preliminary Observations -- The Mainstream Definitional Bias of Crime -- Defining White Collar Crime in the Wake of Sutherland -- Definitions of White Collar Crime in Contemporary Textbooks -- A Multi-stage and a Typological Approach to Defining White Collar Crime -- Concluding Observations -- References -- Chapter 3 Measuring White Collar Crime -- Why Does White Collar Crime Matter? -- Why Is White Collar Crime So Difficult to Measure? -- White Collar Crime: A Definitional Issue -- White Collar Crime in Official Data -- Other Considerations -- Other Data Sources -- White Collar Crime and the Issue of Regulatory Agencies -- What Do We Know and What Should Be Done -- References -- Section II Extent and Cost of White-Collar Crimes -- Chapter 4 Types of Harm, Extent of Harm, and the Victims of Occupational Crimes -- Introduction -- Occupational Crime -- Types and Extent of Harm -- Crime Victims -- Norwegian Sample -- Yusuf Acar in the United States -- Harriette Walters in the United States -- Convenience Theory -- The Shadow Economy -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 From Economic Crime to Corporate Violence: The Multifaceted Harms of Corporate Crime.

FrontMatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Acronyms -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Federal Role in Research on Crime and Justice -- 3 The Research Program Offices -- 4 Research Operations and Staffing Resources -- 5 Building a Research Infrastructure and Guiding Policy and Practice -- 6 Assessing Research Programs -- 7 Recommendations -- References -- Appendix A: Unavailable or Incomplete Information Requested by the Committee -- Appendix B: Survey of Researchers and Practitioners -- Appendix C: Legislation Impacting NIJ -- Appendix D: Types of NIJ Materials Published -- Appendix E: Research Recommendations in Previous National Research Council Reports -- Appendix F: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff.