March 2023
Intermediate to advanced
244 pages
8h 35m
English
Creative non-compliance can refer to conveniently complying with the spirit of the law and not with the letter of the law under the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. Convenience theory is an emerging theoretical perspective to explain the phenomenon of white-collar crime. This chapter presents a one-sided theoretical study of convenience themes that emerged for white-collar offenders during the COVID-19 pandemic by abuse of governments’ emergency-support packages for business enterprises. Special motives, special opportunities, and special willingness for deviant behavior in abuse of financial aid occurred during the pandemic. Stronger motives – both based on possibilities and ...