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Gender and white‐collar crime: only four percent female criminals

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  • Petter Gottschalk

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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to present an empirical study of white‐collar crime to create insights into perceptions of potential offenders with a gender perspective. Design/methodology/approach - Media coverage of individual criminals was used as identification for crime cases, which were then found in court rulings. Findings - The paper is based on empirical research of convicted white‐collar criminals. Out of 161 convicts presented in newspaper articles, there were 153 male and eight female criminals, i.e. 4 per cent. Research limitations/implications - It is indeed hard to believe that Norwegian men commit 25 times more white‐collar crimes when compared to Norwegian women. Therefore, it is a question of whether the detection rate for female white‐collar criminals is lower than for male white‐collar criminals. Practical implications - More attention might be paid to characteristics of female white‐collar crime in the future. Originality/value - Rather than presenting some cases and anecdotal evidence, the paper presents substantial statistical evidence to conclude on gender differences in white‐collar crime.

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  • Petter Gottschalk, 2012. "Gender and white‐collar crime: only four percent female criminals," Journal of Money Laundering Control, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 15(3), pages 362-373, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:jmlcpp:13685201211238089
    DOI: 10.1108/13685201211238089
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