Social Bonds and White-Collar Crime: A Two-Study Assessment of Informal Social Controls in White-Collar Offenders |
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| Authors: | Joost H.R. van Onna Adriaan J.M. Denkers |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;2. Netherlands National Public Prosecutor’s Office for Serious Fraud, Environmental Crime and Asset Confiscation, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsJ.onna@vu.nl;4. Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTIn two studies, this paper examines age-graded informal social controls (bonds) in white-collar offenders. Using register data, Study 1 compares bonds in a sample of white-collar offenders to a matched control sample, while Study 2 uses probation data to examine bonds within a subsample of white-collar offenders of Study 1. The results show that white-collar offenders, including those who occupy executive positions and those with an adult-crime onset, were characterized by weakened bonds and that early-onset offenders had weaker bonds than adult-onset offenders. Along with the implications of these findings for theory, limitations and directions for future research are presented. |
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