@article{ref1,
title=""Just because somebody is in a white jacket and has a medical degree doesn't mean they're not a drug dealer": law-enforcement experiences investigating occupational offenders",
journal="American journal of criminal justice",
year="2021",
author="Gau, Jacinta M. and Moreto, William D.",
volume="46",
number="3",
pages="422-444",
abstract="In spite of its dangers and prevalence, occupational crime is rarely addressed through criminal-law channels, largely because resource constraints and legal rules or ambiguities hamper criminal investigations and prosecutions. Little empirical research exists into law-enforcement personnel's attempts to secure arrests and prosecutions of occupational offenders. The present study uses data from in-depth interviews with officers and agents tasked with investigating physicians suspected of profit-motivated overprescribing of opioids, a type of occupational offending. The themes that emerged during data analysis highlight specific challenges to these criminal investigations and the ways police and prosecutors circumvented such obstacles. <br><br>DISCUSSION of the findings centers on implications for research and policy to further the goal of successfully prosecuting occupational offenders in criminal courts.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1066-2316",
doi="10.1007/s12103-020-09569-7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12103-020-09569-7"
}