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This chapter presents results from surveys among business school students concerning the theory of convenience applied to white-collar offenders. Business school students are relevant for this research, as they will occupy positions in the future where they can commit financial crime, prevent crime, blow the whistle on suspicions or become victims of such crime. The survey presented in this chapter shows that 11 out of 109 claims in the research literature were not supported by the business school students. Among them, we find: social care for others is a strong motive for white-collar crime, white-collar offenders are too powerful to be blamed for misconduct and crime, signals regarding white-collar crime are always weak, and white-collar offenders are relatively more sensitive in prison.

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