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Synopsis
In a series of special programmes in association with the Open University, Laurie Taylor explores the subject of white collar crime, from its late addition to the statute books to the increasing difficulty in securing a conviction. He speaks to the key academic experts in the field, explores the latest sociological research and hears from professionals on both sides of the law about the culture, the practice and most often the non-prosecution of white collar crime.
In this edition, Laurie explores the culture of corporate crime and how regulatory bodies serve to keep the police at arm's length. In the UK, people are twice as likely to suffer a serious injury at work than to be a victim of violent crime, yet only a fraction of safety crimes are actually prosecuted.
Globally, more people are killed at work each year than are killed in war. Why has corporate crime had a low priority, why has it been so hard to prosecute corporations and will the new crimes of corporate manslaughter and corporate murder make firms more responsible for the crimes they commit?
Thinking Allowed with The Open University
Hazel Croall
Hazel Croall, Professor of Criminology at Glasgow Caledonian
Understanding White Collar Crime
Publisher: Open University Press; 2nd Revised edition edition
ISBN-10: 0335204279
ISBN-13: 978-0335204274
Gary Slapper
Gary Slapper, Professor of Law at the Open University
Blood in the Bank: Social and Legal Aspects of Death at Work
by Gary Slapper (Author), Noam Chomsky (Introduction)
Publisher: Ashgate
ISBN-10: 1840140798
ISBN-13: 978-1840140798
Corporate Crime
Publisher: Longman
ISBN-10: 0582299802
ISBN-13: 978-0582299801
Steve Tombs
Steve Tombs, Professor of Sociology at Liverpool John Moores University
Corporate Crime
by Gary Slapper and Steve Tombs
Publisher: Longman
ISBN-10: 0582299802
ISBN-13: 978-0582299801
Safety Crime
by Steve Tombs (Author), Dave Whyte (Author), Hazel Croall (Editor)
Publisher: Willan Publishing
ISBN-10: 1843920859
ISBN-13: 978-1843920854
David Whyte
David Whyte, Reader in Sociology
School of Sociology and Social Policy, The University of Liverpool,
Crimes of the Powerful: A Reader
Publisher: Open University Press
ISBN-10: 0335223907
ISBN-13: 978-0335223909
Safety Crimes
by Steve Tombs (Author), Dave Whyte (Author), Hazel Croall (Editor)
Publisher: Willan Publishing
ISBN-10: 1843920859
ISBN-13: 978-1843920854
Geoffrey Podger
Geoffrey Podger, Health and Safety Chief Executive, of the HSE
Gary Fooks
Dr Gary Fooks, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Research Fellow in Tobacco Control, University of Bath
Corporate Crime
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
ISBN-10: 1412934028
ISBN-13: 978-1412934022
Margaret Cole
Margaret Cole, Director of Enforcement of the Financial Services Authority (FSA)
Robert Wardle
Robert Wardle, Former Director of the Serious Fraud Office of England and Wales
Broadcasts
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Wed 11 Nov 200916:00
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Mon 16 Nov 200900:15
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