Financial Crime and Crises in the Era of False Profits

In this brief, accessible text, Robert Tillman, Henry N. Pontell, and William K. Black provide a thorough overview of financial crimes and crises and their consequences. Integrating theories and concepts from criminology, sociology, and economics to address major questions, they provide a concise and accessible yet in-depth introduction to the topic by reducing complex financial crimes to their essentials.

About the Series

Keynotes in Criminology and Criminal Justice, edited by Henry N. Pontell, provides essential knowledge on important contemporary matters of crime, law, and justice to a broad audience of readers. Volumes are written by leading scholars in that area. Concise, accessible, and affordable, these texts are designed to serve either as primers around which courses can be built or as supplemental books for a variety of courses.

Robert Tillman is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Graduate Program in Criminology and Justice at St. John's University.

Henry N. Pontell is Distinguished Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York.

William K. Black is Associate Professor of Economics and Law at the University of Missouri, Kansas City.