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David Weisburd  

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  • David Weisburd (1954–) is a criminologist who became known initially as a scholar on white-collar crime. Early perceptions of white-collar crime reflected a novel theory that crime was not a matter reserved for the lower classes but also was undertaken by those in the highest socioeconomic classes. [Source: Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime; Weisburd, David]

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