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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 December 2014
      28 November 2014
      ISBN:
      9781107282087
      9781107053403
      9781107633940
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107282087
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.48kg, 294 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.44kg, 294 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, Law, Politics and International Relations, Criminal Law
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, Law, Politics and International Relations, Criminal Law
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    The US Department of Justice is under fire for failing to prosecute banks that caused the 2008 economic meltdown because they are too big to jail. Prosecutors have long neglected to hold corporate executives accountable for chronic mistakes that kill and injure workers and customers. This book, the first of its kind, analyzes five industrial catastrophes that have killed or sickened consumers and workers or caused irrevocable harm to the environment. From the Texas City refinery explosion to the Upper Big Branch mine collapse, the root causes of these preventable disasters include crimes of commission and omission. Although federal prosecutors have made a start on holding low-level managers liable, far more aggressive prosecution is appropriate as a matter of law, policy, and justice. Written in accessible and jargon-free language, this book recommends innovative interpretations of existing laws to elevate the prosecution of white-collar crime at the federal and state levels.

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    One of Corporate Crime Reporter's Top Ten Books of 2014

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    'Rena Steinzor’s powerful and compelling Why Not Jail? Industrial Catastrophes, Corporate Malfeasance, and Government Inaction argues for criminal prosecution of both corporations and corporate executives … The core of her book is a close examination of a series of disasters - the BP oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico, the Massey mine collapse, the contaminated drugs from the New England Compounding Center - showing that while unintentional, each of these industrial catastrophes was the direct result of corporate malfeasance, exactly the circumstance that should be punished criminally.'

    Robert Weissman Source: Public Citizen News

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