Dramaturgical self-efficacy and opportunity structures for white-collar crime

This article introduces the concept in the context of white-collar crime. To advance our understanding of how opportunities for such crime work, self-efficacy is defined with regard to one ’s ability to control others’ impression of financially relevant information, or what is calleddramaturgical self-efficacy. The presentation of this concept and its various elements is illustrated with contemporary empirical cases of white-collar crime and is preceded by a discussion of how opportunity structures and perceived self-efficacy have been understood in previous research relevant to the field. The article also discusses how the concept can be further developed with regard to the relationship between motivation and opportunity for white-collar crime.

Source: Crime, Law and Social Change - July 28, 2022 Category: Criminology Source Type: research