Introduction : criminological perspectives of the crisis -- Fraud and inequality in the subprime mortgage crisis / Tomson H. Nguyen and Henry N. Pontell -- Diffusion of fraud through subprime lending : the perfect storm / Laura A. Patterson and Cynthia A. Koller -- Public attitudes toward blameworthiness and control of the mortgage foreclosure crisis / Nicole Leeper Piquero, Marc Gertz and Jason Bratton -- The securitization of mortgage fraud / Harold C. Barnett -- Social reactions to white-collar crimes and their relationship to economic crises / Michael Levi -- Corporate crime and crisis : causation scenarios / Wim Huisman -- Illegally backdated stock options / David Schichor, Henry N. Pontell and Gilbert Geis -- The criminal consequences of changes in neighborhood structure due to home foreclosure : a theoretical discussion / Paul (Lish) Harris -- Employment, unemployment, and rates of intimate partner violence : evidence from the national crime victim surveys / Richard R. Peterson -- The showdown with shrinking budgets : police departments in economic downturns / Darrell D. Irwin