Crime in the Professions

ISBN-13: 9781138741799 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 312 str.

Russell G. Smith

Opis

This title was first published in 2002: This text critically examines the nature and extent of crime and deviance in the professions and how it should be dealt with. Looking in particular at the crimes committed by professionals such as doctors, accountants and nurses, the book offers some innovative solutions to preventing and controlling professional crime. Containing 16 chapters written by some of Australia's leading scholars in the fields of professional regulation and crime control, the book examines the increasing professionalization of the workforce and the changes in the way in which professionals carry out their work.

Spis treści

I: Background; 1: Crime in the Professions: An Introduction; 2: Defining Crime in the Professions; 3: The Nature and Characteristics of Professionals in Australia; II: The Nature and Extent of Crime in the Professions; 4: Crime and Misconduct in the Accounting Profession; 5: Crime and Misconduct in the Medical Profession; 6: Crime in the Nursing Profession: A Nurse Regulatory Authority Perspective; III: Dealing with Crime in the Professions; 7: The Role of Codes of Ethics in Preventing Professional Crime; 8: Fraud Control in the Australian Defence Organisation; 9: Protecting Consumers of Financial Services; 10: Health Providers, Complaints and Unprofessional Behaviour in a Changing Environment; 11: The Professions and Whistleblower Protections; 12: Preventing Corruption in Government: A Transparency International Perspective; IV: New Professions and New Regulatory Approaches; 13: Occupational Regulation of Complementary Medicine Practitioners; 14: National Standards and the New National Probation Service 1 in England and Wales: Regulation of Professionals in the Community?; 15: The Regulation of Professionals in the Digital Age; 16: Raising the Standard: An Integrated Approach to Promoting Professional Values and Avoiding Professional Criminality

O autorze

Russell Smith