NCJ Number
126445
Date Published
1990
Length
663 pages
Annotation
This book provides the theoretical and policy framework for considering the roles of institutional and individual responsibility in white-collar crimes, examines the major Federal statutes invoked in corporate and white-collar prosecutions, illustrates how the problems arise in a business setting, and explores emerging nontraditional theories of liability and innovative sanctions.
Abstract
After examining the general principles of law under which corporations may be criminally liable and the concepts that govern individual liability in an institutional setting, the book examines the application of the conspiracy doctrine under the general Federal conspiracy statute and under the Sherman Act. Two chapters explore the evolving standards of liability for mail fraud and securities fraud. Three chapters explore "cover-up" crimes: false statements, perjury, and obstruction of justice. A chapter on public corruption focuses on the Federal bribery statute and introduces the foreign bribery problems addressed by the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. A chapter on the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) is followed by a discussion of financial crimes such as tax crimes and currency-reporting violations under the Bank Secrecy Act. Subsequent chapters consider environmental crimes, workplace death and injury, and sanctions for corporate and white-collar crime. Tables of cases and statutes and a subject index