Respectable citizens - shady practices : the economic morality of the middle classes

Respectable citizens - shady practices : the economic morality of the middle classes / Stephen Farrall and Susanne Karstedt.

This text seeks to explore a previously neglected aspect of crime in modern society - namely those crimes committed by otherwise 'respectable' citizens in the market arena. It outlines the contours of the contemporary moral economy, and asks, is a 'predatory society' emerging fro...

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Main Authors: Farrall, Stephen (Author), Karstedt, Susanne (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Clarendon studies in criminology.
Subjects:
White collar crimes.
Middle class.
Economics > Moral and ethical aspects.
Economics > Moral and ethical aspects
Middle class
White collar crimes
Social services & welfare, criminology.
True Crime.
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Summary:This text seeks to explore a previously neglected aspect of crime in modern society - namely those crimes committed by otherwise 'respectable' citizens in the market arena. It outlines the contours of the contemporary moral economy, and asks, is a 'predatory society' emerging from the central sphere of consumption?
Physical Description:1 online resource (336 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191886195
019188619X
0199595038
9780199595037
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 23, 2020).

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