Negotiated Justice and Corporate Crime [electronic resource] : The Legitimacy of Civil Recovery Orders and Deferred Prosecution Agreements /
King, Colin.author.
Lord, Nicholas.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.
Chapter 1. Negotiated Justice and Corporate Crime: An Introduction and Overview -- Chapter 2. Negotiated Justice and Enforcement Legitimacy -- Chapter 3. Civil Recovery Orders: Law, Policy and Practice -- Chapter 4. Deferred Prosecution Agreements: Law and Policy -- Chapter 5. Deferred Prosecution Agreements: In Practice -- Chapter 6. Calling to Answer?
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.
Commercial crimes.
Crime prevention.
Criminal law.
Political science.
Corporate Crime.
Financial Crime.
Crime Prevention.
Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law.
Philosophy of Law.