by Colin King (Author), Nicholas Lord (Author)
This book argues that there is a strong normative argument for using the criminal law as a primary response to corporate crime. In practice, however, corporate crimes are rarely dealt with through criminal sanctioning mechanisms. Rather, the preference - for both prosecutors and corporates - appears to be on negotiating out of the criminal process. Reflecting this emphasis on negotiation, this book examines the use of Civil Recovery Orders and Deferred Prosecution Agreements as responses to corporate crime, and discusses a variety of UK case studies. Drawing upon legal and criminological backgrounds, and with an emphasis on the conceptual frameworks of `negotiated justice' and `legitimacy', the authors examine the law, policy and practice of these enforcement responses. They offer an original, theoretically-informed analysis which is accessible to practitioners and researchers.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 172
Edition: 1st ed. 2018
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
Published: 04 Jun 2018
ISBN 10: 3319785613
ISBN 13: 9783319785615
Colin King is Reader in Law at the University of Sussex, UK, and co-Founder of the Crime Research Centre.
Nicholas Lord is Reader in Criminology at the University of Manchester, UK.