Introduction: In Pursuit of a European Dialogue on White-Collar and Corporate Crimes

This essay introduces the book’s rationale and purpose, foregrounding the need for analysing what is distinctly European about the nature of white-collar and corporate crimes in Europe. The essay argues for European perspectives on white-collar and corporate crimes, and for exploring white-collar crime related dynamics and tensions that exist within and between the nation-states of Europe, and with the institutions of the European region. By speaking to the common theme of what is “European” about the realities of white-collar crimes in Europe, the essay discusses how the contributors encourage and engage in cross-European dialogue and collaboration as they seek to put forward key provocations about how we can better understand and examine the intricacies of associated offending and its control.