A comparative analysis of the role of gender in the commission of white-collar crimes: a review in Norway, America, Portugal, India and Iran
ISSN: 1359-0790
Article publication date: 12 July 2023
Issue publication date: 12 March 2024
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this research is to analyze the role of gender in the commission of white collar crimes and investigate it in five countries: Norway, Portugal, America, India and Iran.
Design/methodology/approach
Descriptive analytical method is used in this article.
Findings
A total of five observations were examined about the rank and percentage of women's participation in white-collar crimes, namely, from Norway (rank 3, 7%), USA (rank 26, 5%), Portugal (29th rank, 13%), India (rank 135, 11%) and Iran (rank 143, 5%). As is visually obvious, there seems to be no relationship between the level of gender equality and the percentage of women involved in white-collar crimes. However, according to Hobbs, in most research, the issue of gender and its effect on the occurrence of white-collar crimes have not been addressed, but by using the limited statistics and limited information available, it can be concluded that a small number of women have committed this crime. According to global crime reports, only 15 out of 200 prosecutions for white-collar crimes involve women.
Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this article is original and has been submitted only to this journal and has not been submitted to another journal at the same time.
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Acknowledgements
This article is for the defense of a PhD thesis and is not funded in any way.
Corrigendum: It has come to the attention of the publisher of the Journal of Financial Crime that the following article by Kamaei, M., Abolhasani, S. and Farhood, N. (2023), “A comparative analysis of the role of gender in the commission of white-collar crimes: a review in Norway, America, Portugal, India and Iran”, Journal of Financial Crime, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFC-04-2023-0077, did not accurately show the first author’s affiliation details. The author’s affiliation was incorrectly listed as Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Khuzestan Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University Ahvaz Branch, Ahvaz, Iran and Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran; The affiliation of Maryam Kamaei has been changed to Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Khuzestan Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran and Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.
The authors sincerely apologise to the readers for any inconvenience caused.
Citation
Kamaei, M., Abolhasani, S. and Farhood, N. (2024), "A comparative analysis of the role of gender in the commission of white-collar crimes: a review in Norway, America, Portugal, India and Iran", Journal of Financial Crime, Vol. 31 No. 2, pp. 249-258. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFC-04-2023-0077
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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