L25522 White collar crimes

At the end of the course the student will be able:

1. to acquire an understanding of white collar crime and its main characteristics
2. to understand the complexity of economic crimes
3. to develop a full understanding of how economists, sociologists and criminologists deal with an issue that is of great concern to our Society
4. to examine specific cases of the investigation of white collar offences
5. to appreciate the challenges of prosecution of these criminals
6. to identify criminological theories which apply to this kind of crimes
7. to use the economist’s and the sociologist’s tools to examine the economic and the social cost of white collar crime