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.

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.