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Overview
Should corporations and their employees be held criminally liable for shoddy business practices? This volume explores both sides of the question, discussing the nature and scope of corporate crime, the controversies surrounding it, and the most promising solutions. How do we define corporate crime and how do we detect it? Corporate Crime guides readers through the definitions and concepts as well as the difficulties in detecting, prosecuting, and punishing corporate wrongdoing.
How do corporations get away with their crimes? This reference examines both the successes and the failures of government and law enforcement policies concerning the punishment of corporate crime and explores leading contemporary proposals for controlling and deterring it. It is an essential information source for any citizen of corporate America.
Synopsis
Corporate Crime examines the ever-present problem of white-collar and corporate crime, not only within the United States but also worldwide.
Savannah Schroll Guz - Library Journal
Here, Hartley (coauthor, Criminal Courts) defines his subject over three essay-style chapters, offering a conceptual analysis of white-collar crime and its legal ambiguities and an overview of its global implications. A 16-page chronology locates the advent of corporatization with the 1443 institution of Inventor Bylaws. Yet a segment devoted to profiling influential figures offers just 31 biographies-an array that seems incomplete without the inclusion of scene-setting robber barons and 1920s-era Teapot Dome scandal participants. For public policy and corporate history collections.
Editorials
From the Publisher
"An excellent chronology of key events, movements, and legislation is included as well as biographical sketches of some prominent individuals at the forefront of corporate crime news (both good and bad), including Michael Milken and Ken Lay. …The book concludes with a good index. This resource is highly recommended for all libraries and anyone seeking information about hate crimes."
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Library Journal
Here, Hartley (coauthor, Criminal Courts) defines his subject over three essay-style chapters, offering a conceptual analysis of white-collar crime and its legal ambiguities and an overview of its global implications. A 16-page chronology locates the advent of corporatization with the 1443 institution of Inventor Bylaws. Yet a segment devoted to profiling influential figures offers just 31 biographies-an array that seems incomplete without the inclusion of scene-setting robber barons and 1920s-era Teapot Dome scandal participants. For public policy and corporate history collections.
—Savannah Schroll Guz