The Corporate Criminal: Why Corporations Must Be Abolished
Steve Tombs
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Drawing upon a wide range of sources of empirical evidence, historical analysis and theoretical argument, this book shows beyond any doubt that the private, profit-making, corporation is a habitual and routine offender. The book dissects the myth that the corporation can be a rational, responsible, 'citizen'. It shows how in its present form, the corporation is permitted, licensed and encouraged to systematically kill, maim and steal for profit. Corporations are constructed through law and politics in ways that impel them to cause harm to people and the environment. In other words, criminality is part of the DNA of the modern ... Read more
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Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Key Ideas in Criminology
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415556378
SKU
V9780415556378
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99-4
About Steve Tombs
Steve Tombs is Professor of Criminology at the Open University. He has a long-standing interest in the incidence, nature and regulation of corporate crime. He works closely with the Hazards movement in the UK, and is a Trustee and Board member of Inquest. David Whyte is Professor of Socio-legal Studies at the University of Liverpool where he teaches and ... Read more
Reviews for The Corporate Criminal: Why Corporations Must Be Abolished
Few academic books demand the kind of critical attention that The Corporate Criminal demands. This is surely the most powerful and compelling critique of the corporation ever written. Tombs and Whyte pull no punches in this arrestingly accessible but scholarly book. Their argument is simple – its legal and historical construction is such that the resulting corporation is endemically criminogenic ... Read more