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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
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)