White Collar Crime in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Britain
Details:
- Author(s) Benson, John
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2020
- Pages 152pp
- Publisher Routledge
- Place Published Abingdon
Topics:
- Name Crime & misdemeanour inc fraud, theft & sharp practice
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
An account focused around the criminality of Jesse Varley, 1869-1929, against, inter alia, Wolverhampton Corporation where he was an accountant in the Education Dept. Structured in four parts, viz: 1] 'Motives' - 'Predisposition' / Ambition' / 'Opportunity'; 2] 'Methods' - 'Deceit and display'; 3] 'Retribution' - 'Arrest and prosecution' / 'Punishment and rehabilitation' / 'Recidivism and reconviction'; 4] 'Repercussions' - 'Shame, blame and reform'. Some coverage of Horatio Bottomley and of Varley's fraud re Peace, Sons & Varley (1923) Ltd, Sheffield cutlers