Cezar Santos

Empirical Validity of the Assumptions of the Economic Theory of Crime Cezar Santos

This book presents the foundations of three theories that analyze the motivations of people who commit Economic Crimes - the Anomie Theory, the Opportunity Theory and the Neo-Marxist Theory - as opposed to the assumptions of the Economic Theory of Crime. The methodological base was a diversified bibliographical referential and the information obtained through the answers of men and women who served prison sentences to a form with questions that cover since their familiar environment until the way they see the Institutions.