Corporate Violence as Crime: Anniversary of the West Virginia Chemical Spill
Category: BUSINESS
Under American law, criminal prosecutions serve dual, mutually reinforcing purposes: they both punish and deter. Yet until recently, prosecutors have been excessively cautious about defining routine industrial behavior as a guilty act that triggers criminal culpability.
By Rena Steinzor, ContributorProfessor, University of Maryland School of Law, 2015-01-12