An Exploratory Study of White-Collar Crime Wrongful Conviction
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Authors
Haigh, Cassidy
Hashemi, Shannon
Issue Date
2026-04-17
Type
Other
Language
en_US
Keywords
White-collar crime , Wrongful convictions , Exonerations
Alternative Title
Abstract
Despite the proliferation of scholarly attention to wrongful conviction, few studies have empirically explored this phenomenon as it relates to white-collar crime (Gross et al., 2020; Podgor, 2010). Using data from the National Registry of Exonerations, we examined cases in which an innocent individual was convicted of a white-collar crime and subsequently exonerated. The findings have implications for the prevention, detection, and correction of wrongful whitecollar crime convictions.
Description
UB Rise 2026
Dept. of Criminal Justice and Human Security
Ernest C. Trefz School of Business