Psychopathy and Corporate Crime: A Preliminary Examination, Part 1

• NCJ Number: 242898
• Journal: Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice Volume: 13 Issue: 2 Dated: March - April 2013 Pages: 116-144
• Author(s): Angela Dawn Pardue, M.S.; Matthew B. Robinson, Ph.D.; Bruce A. Arrigo, Ph.D.
• Date Published: April 2013
• Length: 29 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study introduced and discussed the concepts of corporate crime and psychopathy and then examined the leading theories of corporate crime within the discipline of criminology.

Abstract

In part 1 of this two part review essay that explores the relationship between psychopathy and corporate crime, the authors introduce and discuss the concepts of corporate crime and psychopathy and then examine the leading theories of corporate crime within the discipline of criminology. The authors show how these approaches tend to fall short as thorough explanations of corporate crime and then illustrate how the concept of psychopathy can help to better understand it. Recent examples of corporate wrongdoing committed in the oil, automobile, and financial industries presented in part 2 illustrate recent behaviors of corporations that are consistent with psychopathy. Abstract published by arrangement with Taylor and Francis.