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Law, Crime, and Inequality: The Regulatory State (From Crime and Inequality, P 247-276, 1995, John Hagan and Ruth D. Peterson, eds. - See NCJ-157570)

NCJ Number
157581
Author(s)
P C Yeager
Date Published
1995
Length
30 pages
Annotation
This chapter argues for the necessary and explicit consideration of law in criminological work.
Abstract
The author focuses on aspects of regulatory law directed at the harmful behaviors of business enterprises. The ensuing discussion illustrates the interrelationships between law and inequality; between science, technology, and regulation; and between public policy and moral considerations. This research on the environmental regulation of business suggests that social regulation reflects and reproduces inequalities in political economy, and indicates that business defendants generally experience advantages at law, rising from the structures and complexities of regulation, not available to conventional criminal defendants.

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