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Corporate Crime, Law, and Social Control

Hardback

Main Details

Title Corporate Crime, Law, and Social Control
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Sally S. Simpson
SeriesCambridge Studies in Criminology
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:196
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
ISBN/Barcode 9780521580830
ClassificationsDewey:364.168
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 14 Tables, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 18 March 2002
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Why do corporations obey the law? When companies violate the law, what kinds of interventions are most apt to correct their behavior and return them to compliant status? In this book Sally Simpson examines whether the shift towards the use of criminal law, with its emphasis on punishment and stigmatization, is an effective strategy for controlling illegal corporate behavior. She concludes that strict criminalization models will not yield sufficiently high levels of compliance. Empirical data suggest that in most cases cooperative models work best with most corporate offenders. Because some corporate managers, however, respond primarily to instrumental concerns, Simpson argues that compliance should also be buttressed by punitive strategies. Her review and application of the relevant empirical literature on corporate crime and compliance combined with her judicious examination of theory and approaches, make a valuable new contribution to the literature on white-collar crime and deterrence and criminal behavior more generally.

Reviews

"...this provocative book will stimulate readers to think about a wide range of issues in addition to the important question of deterrence that lies at its core." The Law and Politics Book Review