Corporate Criminology - Explaining Deviance of Business and Political Organizations

• NCJ Number: 93330
• Journal: Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 12 Issue: 1 Dated: (1984) Pages: 11-19
• Author(s): J S Albanese
• Date Published: 1984
• Length: 9 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Earlier version presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Louisville, Kentucky, 1982.

Annotation

Explanations of criminal behavior historically have focused on the behavior of individuals. The criminality of organizations, or corporate criminology, has only recently received systematic attention from researchers and policy makers.

Abstract

Four existing theories of organizational crime, and subsequent evaluations of their explanatory power, are comparatively assessed with special attention given to their implications for control strategies. It is suggested that strategies based on causal factors will achieve greater success than prevailing approaches to corporate criminality. (Author abstract)