White Collar Crime

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This course analyzes the complex world of white-collar crime, focusing on offenses such as corporate fraud, securities violations, political corruption, environmental harm, and large-scale financial misconduct. These crimes are often committed not in the margins of society but from positions of power, including corporate offices, government institutions, and financial markets. Drawing on both criminological and power shape the causes, consequences, and responses to white collar crime. Emphasis is placed on the relationship between power, opportunity, and accountability, as well as the legal and regulatory systems that define and enforce these offenses. Through case studies and critical inquiry, the course challenges conventional definitions of crime and justice, raising fundamental questions about inequality, legitimacy, and the rule of law.