Undergraduate Catalog

CJ 302 White Collar Crimes

This course examines white collar crime. Typically, these are fraudulent acts committed within commercial situations by individuals or corporations for financial gain -- e.g., bribery, computer and internet fraud, embezzlement, environmental crime, money laundering, tax evasion. The causes and consequences of such criminal conduct are examined, as well as efforts by criminal justice agencies to control it. Specific cases will be examined.

Credits

3