Crimes against capital: discovering theft of time

The writer examines the genealogy of the creation of crime through an investigation of the discovery and management of a new type of crime against capital—the theft of time. She notes that companies in the U.S. are coming down on free use of the Internet by forbidding employees from using e-mail pro...

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Main Author: Snider, Laureen 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2001
In: Social justice
Year: 2001, Volume: 28, Issue: 3, Pages: 105-120
Online Access: Volltext (Publisher)
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Keywords:
Social Justice
Crime analysis
Employee theft
Industrial management
Labor productivity
Labor discipline
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Summary:The writer examines the genealogy of the creation of crime through an investigation of the discovery and management of a new type of crime against capital—the theft of time. She notes that companies in the U.S. are coming down on free use of the Internet by forbidding employees from using e-mail providers like Hotmail or Yahoo for personal correspondence because of the company time that is lost. She contends that the theft of time is part of an intense, 400-year-old employer-employee struggle to transform an unruly class of feudal workers and peasants into ever more efficient production tools.
ISSN:2327-641X