Corporate crime, law, and social control af Sally S. Simpson (Bog)

Why do corporations obey the law? When companies violate the law, what kinds of interventions are most apt to correct their behaviour and return them to compliant status? In this book, Sally Simpson examines whether the shift toward the use of criminal law, with its emphasis on punishment and stigmatization is an effective strategy for controlling illegal corporate behaviour. She concludes that strict criminalization models will not yield sufficiently high levels of compliance. Empirical data suggest that in most cases co-operative 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 contribution to the literature on white-collar crime and deterrence and criminal behaviour more generally

Titel: Corporate crime, law, and social control

Forfatter: Sally S. Simpson

Forlag: Cambridge University Press

Udgivelsesår: 2002

Sider: 180

Sprog: Engelsk