NCJ Number
97398
Journal
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency Volume: 22 Issue: 1 Dated: (February 1985) Pages: 83-94
Date Published
1985
Length
12 pages
Annotation
Beginning with the work of Edwin Sutherland, contributions to the study of corporate crime have been prescriptive in orientation.
Abstract
Such a value stance, it is argued, has clouded empirical investigation of the issue. This article suggests an alternative approach, one oriented toward a definitional perspective on crime. Within this framework, attention may be shifted to empirically neutral questions regarding the causes and processes of changing conceptions of corporate liability. (Author abstract)