White-Collar Crimes

With the rise of modern industrial capitalism, the world has come to witness a new type of crimes which have been known as 'white-collar crimes', 'the crime of the rich and powerful' and so on. The study deals with the phenomenon and its various aspects and its proliferation in the corporate sector, the media, religion, education, bureaucracy and politics. It devotes a chapter to the growth of mafia and its origin, various characteristics and the mode of operation. It has analysed the deadly nexus among business, bureaucracy, politics and mafia in the light of the scams which have surfaced in India during reccent endeavour written in a very readable style, which may be helpfulto researchers, politicians, journalists and general readers.