Business Professionals and White-Collar Offenders: A Comparative Analysis and Offender Subtypes
Business Professionals and White-Collar Offenders: A Comparative Analysis and Offender Subtypes
Javier Gómez Lanz Andrea Gimenez-Salinas Meritxell Perez-Ramirez Francisco Lagunas Coca a Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spainb General Secretariat of Penitentiary Institutions, Madrid, SpainJavier Gómez-Lanz is Full Professor of Criminal Law at Universidad Pontificia Comillas, where he directs the Department of Public Law and coordinates the Criminal Law Research Group. He holds degrees in Law and Philosophy and earned a PhD in Criminal Law with distinction. His research focuses on criminal law theory, white-collar and socio-economic crime, and the interaction between legal doctrine and empirical criminological knowledge. Dr Gómez-Lanz has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and collective volumes, both in Spanish and international contexts. He has led and participated in multiple research projects addressing topics such as economic crime, offender responsibility, and the normative implications of emerging technologies. His recent work combines legal analysis with empirical data, contributing to offender profiling, prevention strategies, and theoretical models of liability. He has also held academic leadership positions at the University, including Vice Dean of Academic Affairs and Director of ICADE Business School. His interdisciplinary approach draws on law, philosophy, and the social sciences to address current challenges in criminal law.Andrea Gimenez-Salinas is a Professor of Criminology at Universidad Pontificia Comillas and President of the Foundation for Applied Research on Crime and Security (FIADyS). She holds a PhD in Law and Criminology from the University of Castilla-La Mancha and an MSc in Criminology from the University of Montreal. Dr Giménez-Salinas has lectured and conducted research at the University of Castilla-La Mancha and the Autonomous University of Madrid’s Institute of Forensic Sciences and Security. She regularly teaches postgraduate courses at various universities and serves on the Academic Board of the International PhD in Criminology coordinated by Transcrime. As former President of the Spanish Society of Criminological Research (2009–2011), she has coordinated and participated in over 27 national and European research projects. Her expertise encompasses organized crime, illegal markets, the infiltration of economies and political institutions by organized crime, and transnational dimensions of criminal activity. Additionally, she has conducted research on private and public security, terrorism financing, corruption, and hate crimes.Meritxell Perez-Ramirez is an Associate Professor of Criminology at Universidad Pontificia Comillas, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Criminology, Victimology, and Applied Research Methods. She holds a PhD in Criminology from the University of Castilla-La Mancha and a degree in Criminology from Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Her research focuses on white-collar and corporate crime, crime prevention, victimology, and the application of criminological theory to empirical offender profiling. She is a member of the Applied Criminology and Crime Analysis Research Group at Comillas and has collaborated on several national and international research projects related to economic crime, prison treatment programs, and reoffending. Dr Perez-Ramírez has also worked as a consultant on the design and evaluation of intervention strategies in institutional and community settings, contributing to public policies on crime prevention and offender rehabilitation. She has published in Spanish and international journals and regularly participates in conferences and expert panels on criminology. Her interdisciplinary approach integrates psychological, legal, and sociological perspectives, with a focus on improving responses to complex forms of criminal behavior, including fraud, corruption, and institutional abuse.Francisco Lagunas Coca is a clinical psychologist working for the Spanish Prison Administration, where he has served in various correctional facilities since his appointment in 2001. His professional work focuses on the assessment and treatment of incarcerated individuals, with an emphasis on psychological rehabilitation and reintegration. He has collaborated on research projects addressing offender profiling, recidivism prevention, and psychological dimensions of white-collar crime.