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Corporate Crime under Attack The Fight to Criminalize Business Violence

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ISBN-10: 1593459556

ISBN-13: 9781593459550

Edition: 2nd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Francis T. Cullen, Gray Cavender, William J. Maakestad, Michael L. Benson

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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. A revised version of the first edition, titled Corporate Crime Under Attack: The Ford Pinto Case and Beond -- an endeavor prompted in part by the Ford Pinto case's twenty-fifth anniversary and the…    
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Book details

List price: $56.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 11/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 350
Size: 7.09" wide x 10.08" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.826
Language: English

Cheryl Lero Jonson is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice at Northern Kentucky University. She received a Ph.D. (2010) in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati. She is co-editor of The Origins of American Criminology. Her published work has appeared in Criminology and Public Policy, Crime and Justice: A Review of Research, and Victims and Offenders. Her current research interests include the impact of prison on recidivism, sources of inmate violence, the use of meta-analysis to organize criminological knowledge, early intervention and crime prevention, and work-family conflict among law enforcement officials.Francis T. Cullen is…    

Corporate Crime Under Attack
The Criminalization of Corporate Violence
Corporate Criminal Liability: From Immunity to Culpability
The Movement Against White-Collar Crime
The Ford Pinto Case
Assessing Blame
Getting to Trial: The Obstacle Course Begins
Trying Ford
The Fight to Criminalize Business Violence
Beyond the Ford Pinto Case: The Legacy of Criminalization
Prosecuting Corporate Crime in the Twenty-First Century