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TY - JOUR
T1 - Middle-class offenders as employees – assessing the risk
T2 - a 35-year follow-up
AU - Soothill, Keith
AU - Humphreys, Leslie
AU - Francis, Brian
PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - A 35-year follow-up of a series of 317 middle-class offenders in England and Wales suggests that the dangers of employing offenders may be more limited than expected. Although 40% were subsequently convicted, only 8% were subsequently convicted of offenses that directly and adversely affected an employer. This work should challenge the “exaggerated fears” of employers. Interestingly, variableswhich normally predict subsequent criminal activity made no impact in trying to predict offenses against an employer.
AB - A 35-year follow-up of a series of 317 middle-class offenders in England and Wales suggests that the dangers of employing offenders may be more limited than expected. Although 40% were subsequently convicted, only 8% were subsequently convicted of offenses that directly and adversely affected an employer. This work should challenge the “exaggerated fears” of employers. Interestingly, variableswhich normally predict subsequent criminal activity made no impact in trying to predict offenses against an employer.
KW - Criminal Careers
KW - Embezzlement
KW - employee theft
KW - white collar crime
U2 - 10.1080/10509674.2013.813617
DO - 10.1080/10509674.2013.813617
M3 - Journal article
VL - 52
SP - 407
EP - 420
JO - Journal of Offender Rehabilitation
JF - Journal of Offender Rehabilitation
SN - 1050-9674
IS - 6
ER -