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Corporate Crime is a seminal work that laid the groundwork for analyses of important aspects of corporate behavior. It defined corporate crime and found ways of locating corporate violations from various sources. It even drew up measures of the seriousness of crimes. Much of this book still applies today to the corporate world and its illegal behavior. Complete with a new introduction, this book explains the nature of corporate crime, and analyes a number of issues involved in its study. Among the issues tackled are whether todays corporate crime is greater, more serious, and more complex; accounting fraud and its crucial role in hiding corporate crime; the pharmaceuticals, the industry with the most corporate violations; explanations of corporate crime in terms of economic factors, corporate culture, and the role of top executives; and new laws to control corporate crime and alternative approaches.

“The twentieth century has witnessed the rapid growth of the giant multinational corporations. These giants produce a large proportion of all manufactured products, employ tens of millions of workers, greatly influence consumer choices, and dominate important segments of the world's economies though their global operations. Simultaneously with the rise of the great productive power the corporations there has evolved an equally great potential for significant social harm, a potential that has far too often become a reality.”

Marshall B. Clinard

Marshal Clinard, University of Wisconsin sociologist, has done extensive research on, and acted as a consultant on, crime in many countries. 

Peter C. Yeager

Peter Yeager, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Bonston University, teaches courses in criminology and the sociology of law, and is engaged in research on environmental crime and the regulation of corporate behaviour.