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Criminology of Crime Avoidance: Creative Compliance Delinquency in the Borderlands of Legality

This article outlines the research program of a “criminology of crime avoidance”
using the example of the preemptive use of legal opinions by white-collar actors to
shift the boundaries of the law in their own favor. For this purpose, the term creative
compliance is introduced and explained with regard to the Cum-Ex scandal in
Germany. Then, a look is taken at possible criminological explanations for the
phenomenon. Finally, the hypothesis is developed that law enforcement personnel
is deterred from investigations by the reputational capital of certain legal advisors.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:81948
Date03 November 2022
CreatorsSommerer, Lucia
Source SetsHochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Relationurn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-819416, qucosa:81941

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