1st Edition

Understanding Corporate Criminality

Edited By Michael B. Blankenship Copyright 1994
290 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

First Published in 1995. The Exxon Valdez catastrophe, the savings-and-loan bailout, defense-contractor fraud, and insider trading scandals have inspired a growing number of courses devoted to the subject of corporate criminality. This collection of original essays treats various aspects of a wide-ranging problem, including the evolution of the study of corporate crime, the difficulties of... Read more
INTRODUCTION Understanding Corporate Criminality: Challenges and Issues CHAPTER ONE The Evolution of the Study of Corporate Crime CHAPTER Two Defining Corporate Crime: A Critique of Traditional Parameters CHAPTER THREE Assessing Victimization from Corporate Harms CHAPTER FOUR Public Perceptions of Corporate Crime CHAPTER FIVE Measuring Corporate Crime CHAPTER SIX Theoretical Explanations of Corporate Crime CHAPTER SEVEN Regulating Corporate Behavior CHAPTER EIGHT Corporate Criminal Liability CHAPTER NINE Sanctioning Corporate Criminals

Biography

Michael B. Blankenship is chair and associate professor of criminology at East Tennessee State University, and an editor for the American Journal of Criminal Justice