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(1993) Recent trends in theoretical psychology, Dordrecht, Springer.
A new phenomenon has arisen in American public life. From Ivan Boesky to Ollie North, from defrocked television evangelists to Wedtech profiteers, the public has lately been introduced to a different breed of lawbreaker. These are no ordinary white collar criminals; these are successful, welleducated men at the very top of their professions and they break the law casually, even self-righteously, as if the only sin lay in being incautious enough to get caught. The public's lack of shock is no less noteworthy-there is interest, but no outrage, as if this were expectable behavior.The deeper significance of this is explored in terms of the institutionalization of social distress. A theoretical model is presented in order to discuss this problem.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-2746-5_41
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Rieber, R. (1993)., Towards a theory of psychopathy and social distress, in H. J. Stam, L. Mos, W. Thorngate & B. Kaplan (eds.), Recent trends in theoretical psychology, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 443-447.
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