White-Collar Crime: A Text/Reader, part of the text/reader series in criminology and criminal justice incorporates contemporary and classic readings (some including policy implications) accompanied by original text that provides a theoretical framework and context for students.

The comprehensive coverage of the book includes:

- crimes by workers sales oriented systems

- crimes in the health care system

- crimes by criminal justice professionals and politicians

- crimes in the educational system

- crimes in the economic and technological systems

- crimes by employees in the housing industry

- corporate crime

- environmental crime

- explanations of white-collar crime

- the police and court responses to white-collar crime

- the corrections sub-system and white-collar crime.

Features of the book include key points, in focus box inserts, discussion questions, section summaries, and photos.