ASIN: B01DT5FKJ8
Publisher: WBP
Pages: 11
White collar crime on any level is extremely harmful, yet only vaguely discussed in the overall scope of criminal justice. The primal focus on criminal or street law, allows the momentous topic of white collar crime, or elite deviance as it’s commonly referred, to remain understudied. One particular case of such crime is highlighted in an exuberant case study of the Peregrine Financial Group out of Cedar Falls, Iowa. An in depth study reveals the malicious hidden motives of greed, mistrust and manipulation on the behalf of an elite socialite broker faithfully entrusted by his customers. The implications of the case regarding it’s background, type of elite deviance and explaining exactly why this particular case occurred is key to a more fully developed understanding of what white collar crime really is. As a final closing of the article, an analysis of the response to this case is ...
