Corporate crime under attack : the fight to criminalize business violence / Francis T. Cullen, Gray Cavender, William J. Maakestad, Michael L. Benson - Second edition - xii, 398 pages ; 26 cm.

Rev. ed. of: Corporate crime under attack : the Ford Pinto case and beyond / Francis T. Cullen, William J. Maakestad, Gray Cavender. c1987.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents
Preface
Part I. Corporate Crime Under Attack
Chapter 1. The Criminalization of Corporate Violence
Plan of the Book
Corporate Crime as White-Collar Crime: Definitional Issues
The Discovery of White-Collar and Corporate Crime
The Economic Costs of Corporate Lawlessness
Corporate Violence
Conclusion: The Ford Pinto Case and Beyond
Notes
Chapter 2. Corporate Criminal Liability: From Immunity to Culpability
Law and Social Order
The Development of the Corporation
Corporations in the United States
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 3. The Movement Against White-Collar Crime
The Social Movement Against White-Collar Crime
The Social Movement Framework Applied
Genesis of the Movement
White-Collar Crime as a Revitalization Movement
A Cyclical Movement
The Symbolic Movement Against White-Collar Crime
Conclusion
Notes
Part II. The Ford Pinto Case
Chapter 4. Assessing Blame
A Sign of the Times
The Pinto Crusade
Blaming Ford
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 5. Getting to Trial: The Obstacle Course Begins
Fears at Ford
Building a Local Team
Automakers and Liability for Defective Products: Edging Toward Criminal Culpability?
The Indictment of an American Corporation: Facing the Obstacles
Conceptual Obstacles
Constitutional Obstacles
Corporate Homicide and the Distributive and Reductive Functions of Law
Conclusion: Closing the Debate
Notes
Chapter 6. Trying Ford
The Road to Winamac: A Change in Venue
The Art and Science of Selecting a Jury
Preparing for Trial: Documenting Ford?s Culpability
Prosecuting Ford: Profits Over Lives
Defending Ford: The Legal Machine Responds
The Verdict
Epilogue
Notes.
Part III. The Fight to Criminalize Corporate Violence
Chapter 7. Beyond the Ford Pinto Case: The Legacy of Criminalization
How We Viewed the Case Then
What Has Happened Since the Prosecution?
Recent Developments in the Criminalization of Health and Safety Violations
Recent Developments in the Criminalization of Financial and Accounting Fraud
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 8. Prosecuting Corporate Crime in the Twenty-first Century
The Pragmatics of Enforcement
Corporate Criminals or Criminal Corporations? The Rise of Organizational Liability
Concluding Thoughts on the Criminal Law and Corporate Violence
Notes
Index

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Ford Motor Company--Trials, litigation, etc.


Trials (Homicide)--Indiana--Winamac.
Trials (Products liability)--Indiana--Winamac.
Criminal liability of juristic persons--United States.
Corporations--Corrupt practices--United States.
Pinto automobile.

KF224.F67 / C85 2006

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