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The purpose of this chapter is to discuss how convenience in white-collar crime might be studied in business history, as the extent of convenience influences the magnitude of financial crime among privileged individuals in the course of their professions. Convenience is savings in time and efforts, as well as avoidance of strain and pain. The theory of convenience suggests that the extent of white-collar crime is dependent on economical motives, organizational opportunities, and personal willingness for deviant behavior. These three dimensions in convenience theory are broken down in this chapter into potential criteria to evaluate whether white-collar crime is more convenient presently compared to the past. Historians are encouraged to apply these criteria in their future studies.

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