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Crime in the Professions


ISBN13: 9780754622918
ISBN: 0754622916
Published: February 2004
Publisher: Routledge
Format: Hardback
Price: Out of print



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.

Subjects:
Criminal Law
Contents:
Part 1 Background: Crime in the professions - an introduction, Russell G. Smith; Defining crime in the professions, Kenneth Hayne; The nature and characteristics of professionals in Australia, John Western, Toni Makkai, Julie McMillan and Katheryn Dwan.
Part 2 The Nature and Extent of Crime in the Professions: Crime and misconduct in the accounting profession, Andrew Williams; Crime and misconduct in the medical profession, Andrew Dix; Crime in the nursing profession - a nurse regulatory authority perspective, Leanne Raven.
Part 3 Dealing With Crime in the Professions: The role of codes of ethics in preventing professional crime, Margaret M. Coady; Fraud control in the Australian defence organization, Carla Day; Protecting consumers of financial services, Tim Phillipps; Health providers, complaints and unprofessional behaviour in a changing environment, Beth Wilson; The professionals and whistleblower protections, Sitesh Bhojani; Preventing corruption in government - a transparency international perspective, Peter Willis.
Part 4 New Professions and New Regulatory Approaches: Occupational regulation of complementary medicine practitioners, Anne-Louise Carlton; National standards and the new national probation service in England and Wales - regulation of professionals in the community, Graham Brooks; The regulation of professionals in the digital age, Russell G. Smith; Raising the standard - an integrated approach to promoting professional values and avoiding professional criminality, Charles Stamford and Sophie Curzon Blencowe.