Special sensitivity? : the white-collar offender in prison / William A. Stadler.

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Stadler, William Andrew, 1978- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: El Paso, Ark. : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012Description: 1 online resource (1 volume)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

1593326130
9781593326135

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365/.60973 23

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HV6769

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and 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.

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