Corporate Crime Under Attack: The Fight to Criminalize Business Violence
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...
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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 corresponding recognition of the continuing significance of the issues this prosecution raised and of the important developments that have transpired in the intervening years. Beyond a new subtitle, the book has been substantially remodeled and new sections added.
Part I: Corporate Crime Under Attack1. The Criminalization of Corporate Violence2. Corporate Criminal Liability: From Immunity to Culpability3. The Movement Against White-Collar CrimePart II: The Ford Pinto Case4. Assessing Blame 5. Getting to Trial: The Obstacle Course Begins6. Trying FordPart III: The Fight to Criminalize Business Violence7. Beyond the Ford Pinto Case: The Legacy of Criminalization 8. Prosecuting Corporate Crime in the Twenty-First Century
