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Profit Without Honor: White Collar Crime and the Looting of America, 7th edition

Published by Pearson (January 28, 2019) © 2020

  • Stephen M. Rosoff
  • Henry N. Pontell
  • Robert Tillman

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For courses in criminal justice, white-collar crime and criminology.

A lively storytelling approach to white-collar crime

Profit Without Honor paints a vivid picture of white-collar crime in the US today. Witty and engaging, it exposes the discrepancies between personal gain and individual integrity. The authors examine high-profile cases, trends in criminal activity, and the victims and consequences of criminal behaviors. Colorful anecdotes and statistics spark interest and engagement.

The 7th Edition addresses dramatic new developments in white-collar crime since the last edition, including dozens of corporate cases and governmental abuses of power in our modern era.

Hallmark features of this title

A high-level view of white-collar crime

  • All types of white-collar crimes are covered, including internet fraud, worker safety, environmental considerations, violation of labor laws, embezzlement, securities fraud and religious affinity swindles.
  • Both victims and perpetrators of white-collar crime are considered, offering both sides of the story.

Types of white-collar crime and their impact

  • A chapter on computer crime (Ch. 12) addresses the nation's fastest growing category of crime and the explosion of internet fraud, such as phishing, “pump and dump” swindles, and “419” scams.
  • The 2008 financial meltdowns around the globe are explored, along with the roles of fraud and corporate crime in these events.

New and updated features of this title

Abuses of corporate and governmental power in the post-9/11 era

  • NEW: The water crisis that has devastated Flint, Michigan, is now included. It resulted in criminal charges against 15 individuals for failing to take action and providing false information.
  • NEW: The scams of certain for-profit colleges are now examined. These colleges lure in students who have access to government loans and grants, and then fail to provide substantive training.
  • NEW: The Volkswagen auto emissions scandal has been added to this edition. The company admitted to installing devices in its cars that give false readings of levels of toxic emissions.
  • NEW: The 2010 West Virginia coal mining disaster, resulting in the death of 29 miners, is now discussed. In this case, the mine owner willfully violated basic worker protection standards.
  • NEW: The investigation of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, as it relates to Russian meddling into the 2016 US presidential election, is discussed in the new edition.
  • NEW: New developments in online international espionage, especially those involving China, are now considered.

1. Introduction
2. Crimes Against Consumers
3. Unsafe Products
4. Environmental Crime
5. Institutional Corruption: Mass Media and Religion
6. Securities Fraud
7. Corporate Fraud
8. Fiduciary Fraud: Crime in the Banking, Insurance, and Pension Fund Industries
9. Crimes by the Government
10. Corruption of Public Officials
11. Medical Crime
12. Computer Crime
13. Conclusions

About our authors

Stephen M. Rosoff was professor of criminology at the University of Houston–Clear Lake. He received his PhD in social ecology from the University of California, Irvine and has written extensively on white-collar crime and professional deviance, particularly in the areas of medical fraud and computer crime. His scholarship has appeared in numerous journals and books around the world, including Social Deviance (McGraw Hill, 2011), which he coauthored.

Henry N. Pontell is professor of criminology, law and society in the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine. He received his PhD in sociology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His scholarly work has focused on financial and medical fraud and the role of corporate crime in major financial debacles, among other areas in criminology. His books include Big Money Crime: Fraud and Politics in the Savings and Loan Crisis (UC Press), Prescription for Profit: How Doctors Defraud Medicaid (UC Press) and International Handbook of White-Collar and Corporate Crime (Springer).

Robert H. Tillman is professor of sociology at St. John's University in New York City. He received his PhD in sociology from the University of California, Davis. He is the author and co-author of several books on white-collar crime, including Big Money Crime: Fraud and Politics in the Savings and Loan Crisis (University of California Press) and Pump and Dump: The Rancid Rules of the New Economy (Rutgers University Press).

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