Suite revenge? The shaping of folk devils and moral panics about white-collar crimes

Levi, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2131-2882 2009. Suite revenge? The shaping of folk devils and moral panics about white-collar crimes. British Journal of Criminology 49 (1) , pp. 48-67. 10.1093/bjc/azn073

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Abstract

The utility of 'concern, hostility, consensus, disproportionality and volatility' to understanding social reaction to different white-collar crimes is elaborated and reviewed. It is hard to generate and to sustain a moral panic about any white-collar crimes and criminals, but some populist areas such as 'identity fraud' and 'investment fraud' are good candidates, especially where individuals, ethnicities or 'organized crime networks' exist as folk devils already. Long time scales in fraud discovery, investigation and criminal justice actions, as well as real libel risks, inhibit the devilling and the moral panicking processes. By contrast with street crimes, key state actors manage 'the problem of fraud' mainly by data-sharing, compensation and regulation, plus some symbolic degradation ceremonies, calming the factors that might stoke 'counterproductive' reactions that might harm 'the economy'.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISSN:	0007-0955
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2022 08:39
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/29101

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