Economic Crisis and Crime

Introduction: criminological perspectives of the crisis......Page 1
References......Page 4
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SOCIOLOGY OF CRIME, LAW AND DEVIANCE......Page 6
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List of contributors......Page 8
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Fraud and inequality in the subprime mortgage crisis......Page 11
Introduction......Page 12
Discrimination and the mortgage industry......Page 14
Predatory lending......Page 16
Toward ‘‘economic equality’’......Page 18
Fraud and inequality......Page 20
Illusion of affordability......Page 23
Illusion of affordability......Page 24
Conclusion......Page 27
References......Page 28
Diffusion of fraud through subprime lending: The perfect storm......Page 33
Introduction......Page 34
The housing boom......Page 36
The housing bust......Page 37
Diffusion Theory......Page 41
Mortgage Originators......Page 44
Mortgage Brokers......Page 45
Investment Bankers......Page 46
Credit Rating Agencies......Page 47
Summary......Page 48
Concluding comments......Page 49
References......Page 51
Public attitudes toward blameworthiness and control of the mortgage foreclosure crisis......Page 54
Introduction......Page 55
Understanding the Reach of the Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis......Page 56
Understanding Public Perceptions......Page 58
Data......Page 61
Independent Variables......Page 62
Results......Page 64
Discussion......Page 65
References......Page 68
The securitization of mortgage fraud......Page 71
Introduction......Page 72
Subprime lending and mortgage fraud......Page 73
Originating and underwriting fraudulent loans......Page 74
The originate to securitize model......Page 79
Goldman sachs, subprime risk,and due diligence......Page 83
Conclusions......Page 87
Notes......Page 88
References......Page 89
Social reactions to white-collar crimes and their relationship to economic crises......Page 91
Introduction......Page 92
Folk-devilling business activities......Page 95
Moral entrepreneurs and business crimes......Page 100
The economic crisis and its impact on levels of fraud......Page 103
Concluding comments......Page 105
Notes......Page 106
References......Page 107
Introduction......Page 110
Accounting Fraud......Page 112
Mortgage Fraud......Page 115
The crisis causes corporate crime......Page 116
The crisis causes criminalization of business conduct......Page 117
Banker Bashing......Page 120
Reading tea-leaves......Page 125
References......Page 126
Illegally backdated stock options......Page 129
Introduction......Page 130
Stock options......Page 131
The Brocade Communications Systems......Page 134
Converse Technology......Page 136
Empirical findings......Page 137
Conclusion......Page 139
References......Page 142
The criminal consequences of changes in neighborhood structure due to home foreclosure: A theoretical discussion......Page 145
The home foreclosure crisis......Page 146
Theoretical discussions......Page 148
Mertonian Strain......Page 149
Agnew’s New Interpretation of Strain......Page 150
Connecting the Dots......Page 153
Social disorganization theory......Page 154
Collective Efficacy......Page 157
Connecting the Dots......Page 158
Disorder theories......Page 159
Connecting the Dots......Page 162
Suburban Insulation......Page 163
Conclusion......Page 164
References......Page 165
Employment, unemployment, and rates of intimate partner violence: evidence from the national crime victim surveys......Page 170
Introduction......Page 171
Review of the literature......Page 172
Research plan and methodology......Page 175
Macro-Level Trends......Page 176
Individual-Level Effects......Page 178
Subsample 1: Unmarried Women Age 18-64......Page 180
Subsample 2: Married Women Age 18-64......Page 182
Conclusion......Page 185
Acknowledgments......Page 188
References......Page 189
The showdown with shrinking budgets: police departments in economic downturns......Page 193
Major trends shaping police budgets beginning in 2000......Page 194
Police budgets surveys......Page 197
Results from Surveys on Police Budgets Show Consistency......Page 198
PERF Surveys on Policing in an Economic Downturn......Page 199
The PERF Summit on Policing in the Economic Downturn......Page 202
Media coverage of policing during the Great Recession......Page 204
A case study in budget planning......Page 205
A Bureaucratic Hurdle......Page 206
Conclusion......Page 207
References......Page 208