Special sensitivity? : the white-collar offender in prison /

Stadler, William Andrew, 1978-

Special sensitivity? : the white-collar offender in prison / William A. Stadler. - 1 online resource (1 volume)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The white-collar crime problem -- Understanding white-collar crime -- Exploring the special sensitivity hypothesis -- The white-collar inmate experience -- Questioning the special sensitivity hypothesis -- The future of white-collar offender sentencing -- Bibliography -- Index.

Despite recent increases in incarceration for white-collar offenders, little is known about their prison experiences or how they adjust to imprisonment. In the justice system a view has prevailed that white-collar offenders have a?special sensitivity? to imprisonment?that they are more susceptible to the pains of prison. Stadler explores this view to determine how white-collar inmates adjust to life in prison and whether they do so differently than street offenders. Evidence suggests that white-collar inmates are no more likely to experience negative prison adjustment than street offenders, a.

1593326130 (electronic book) 9781593326135 (electronic book) (hardcover ; alk. paper) (hardcover ; alk. paper)


Sentences (Criminal procedure)--United States.
White collar crimes--United States.
Sentences (Procédure pénale)--États-Unis.
Crimes en col blanc--États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Penology.
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
White collar crimes.


United States.


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