Download or read book Crime in the Professions written by Russell G Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2002: 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.