RT Article
T1 Bad guys: why the public supports punishing white-collar offenders
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 51
IS 1
SP 31
OP 44
A1 Cullen, Francis T. 1951-
A1 Hartman, Jennifer L.
A1 Jonson, Cheryl Lero
A2 Hartman, Jennifer L.
A2 Jonson, Cheryl Lero
LA English
YR 2009
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1881660656
AB Until the latter part of the 1960s, the American public was inattentive to the problem of crime in the upperworld. Due to a confluence of events (e.g., Watergate affair, Vietnam War, civil rights movement), concern about this lawlessness rose precipitously in the 1970s. Public attention toward and willingness to punish white-collar crime has persisted into the twenty-first century. We argue, however, that due to a series of recent scandals (e.g., Enron, WorldCom), public opinion about upperworld offenders has been transformed qualitatively. High-profile offenders are now seen not as respected community citizens but as "bad guys" whose crimes reflect inordinate greed and a disturbing lack of concern for victims. This typification is conducive to the prosecution of white-collar offenders but may have the unanticipated consequence of deflecting attention away from structural sources of corporate illegal enterprises.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 42-44
K1 Corporate Crime
K1 Corporate Executive
K1 Corporate Scandal
K1 National Poll
K1 Street Crime
DO 10.1007/s10611-008-9143-3