Corporate Crime Under Attack

Corporate Crime Under Attack
Author: Francis T. Cullen
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 411
Release: 2014-09-25
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1317523660

In exploring the criminalization of corporations, this book uses the landmark "Ford Pinto case" as a centerpiece for exploring corporate violence and the long effort to bring such harm within the reach of the criminal law. Corporations that illegally endanger human life now must negotiate the surveillance of government regulators and risk civil suits from injured parties seeking financial compensation. They also may be charged with criminal offenses and their officials sent to prison.

Corporate Crime Under Attack

Corporate Crime Under Attack
Author: Francis T. Cullen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1987
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This book examines the social & legal changes that have led to the widespread interest in corporate illegality. The Ford Pinto case & other more recent court cases are analyzed in the light of the growing attention on corporate crime.

State-corporate Crime

State-corporate Crime
Author: Raymond J. Michalowski
Publisher:
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2006
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0813538890

Enron, Haliburton, ExxonValdez, "shock and awe"-their mere mention brings forth images of scandal, collusion, fraud, and human and environmental destruction. While great power and great crimes have always been linked, media exposure in recent decades has brought increased attention to the devious exploits of economic and political elites. Despite growing attention to crimes by those in positions of trust, however, violations in business and similar wrongdoing in government are still often treated as fundamentally separate problems. In State-Corporate Crime, Raymond J. Michalowski and Ronald C. Kramer bring together fifteen essays to show that those in positions of political and economic power frequently operate in collaboration, and are often all too willing to sacrifice the well-being of the many for the private profit and political advantage of the few. Drawing on case studies including the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, Ford Explorer rollovers, the crash of Valujet flight 592, nuclear weapons production, and war profiteering, the essays bear frank witness to those who have suffered, those who have died, and those who have contributed to the greatest human and environmental devastations of our time. This book is a much needed reminder that the most serious threats to public health, security, and safety are not those petty crimes that appear nightly on local news broadcasts, but rather are those that result from corruption among the wealthiest and most powerful members of society.

Choosing White-Collar Crime

Choosing White-Collar Crime
Author: Neal Shover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2005-11-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780521665544

This systematic application of rational-choice theory to white-collar crime problems distinguishes ordinary and upperworld white-collar crime and presents reasons theoretically for believing that both have increased substantially over time. Reasons for the increase include the growing supply of white-collar lure and non-credible oversight. The book argues that measures and approaches used in the war on street crime have greater promise for reducing white-collar crime. Concluding with reasons for believing that problems of white-collar crime will continue unchecked in the increasingly global economy, it calls for strengthened citizen movements to rein in the increases.

Corporate Crime in the Pharmaceutical Industry (Routledge Revivals)

Corporate Crime in the Pharmaceutical Industry (Routledge Revivals)
Author: John Braithwaite
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 451
Release: 2013-10-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1135072906

First published in 1984, this book examines corporate crime in the pharmaceutical industry. Based on extensive research, including interviews with 131 senior executives of pharmaceutical companies in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Mexico and Guatemala, the book is a major study of white-collar crime. Written in the 1980s, it covers topics such as international bribery and corruption, fraud in the testing of drugs and criminal negligence in the unsafe manufacturing of drugs. The author considers the implications of his findings for a range of strategies to control corporate crime, nationally and internationally.

Encyclopedia of White-Collar & Corporate Crime

Encyclopedia of White-Collar & Corporate Crime
Author: Lawrence M. Salinger
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 1013
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0761930043

In a thorough reappraisal of the white-collar and corporate crime scene, this Second Edition builds on the first edition to complete the criminal narrative in an outstanding reference resource.

Corporate Predators

Corporate Predators
Author: Russell Mokhiber
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1999
Genre: Business and politics
ISBN:

51 of the world's biggest 100 economies are corporations, not countries. As the most powerful institution of our time, the multinational corporation dominates not only global economics, but politics and culture as well. Yet the mechanisms of corporate control have remained largely hidden from public perception-until now.

International Handbook of White-Collar and Corporate Crime

International Handbook of White-Collar and Corporate Crime
Author: Henry N. Pontell
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 700
Release: 2010-05-27
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0387341110

Insider trading. Savings and loan scandals. Enron. Corporate crimes were once thought of as victimless offenses, but now—with billions of dollars and an increasingly global economy at stake—this is understood to be far from the truth. The International Handbook of White-Collar and Corporate Crime explores the complex interplay of factors involved when corporate cultures normalize lawbreaking, and when organizational behavior is pushed to unethical (and sometimes inhumane) limits. Featuring original contributions from a panel of experts representing North America, Asia, Europe, and Australia, this timely volume presents multidisciplinary views on recent corporate wrongdoing affecting economic and social conditions worldwide. Criminal liability and intent Stock market and financial crime Bribery and extortion Computer and identity fraud Health care fraud Crime in the professions Industrial pollution Political corruption War crimes and genocide Contributors offer case studies, historical and sociopolitical analyses, theoretical and legal perspectives, and comparative studies, featuring examples as varied as NASA, Parmalat, the Italian government, and Watergate. Criminal justice responses to these phenomena, the role of the media in exposing or minimizing them, prevention, regulation, and self- policing strategies, and larger global issues emerging from economic crime are also featured. Richly diverse in its coverage, The International Handbook of White-Collar and Corporate Crime is stimulating reading for students, academics, and professionals in a wide range of fields, from criminology and criminal justice to business and economics, psychology to social policy to ethics. This powerful information is certain to change many of our deeply held views on criminal behavior.

White-Collar Crime

White-Collar Crime
Author: Michael Benson
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 119
Release: 2008
Genre: Commercial crimes
ISBN: 0791094138

White-Collar Crime explains the common types of crime committed, ranging from simple fraud to embezzling to insider trading, notes the famous cases, and discusses how law enforcement agencies identify and fight these crimes.

The Oxford Handbook of Crime and Public Policy

The Oxford Handbook of Crime and Public Policy
Author: Michael H. Tonry
Publisher: Oxford Handbooks
Total Pages: 655
Release: 2009
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0195336178

This handbook offers a comprehensive examination of crimes as public policy subjects to provide an authoritative overview of current knowledge about the nature, scale, and effects of diverse forms of criminal behaviour and of efforts to prevent and control them.