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What should be the role of the criminal law in controlling corporate and other organizational behavior?² Historically, the role of criminal law and punishment has been to deter undesirable behavior, provide retribution for those wronged, and incapacitate the wrongdoer. On the one hand, it seems only...

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Hauptverfasser:	James M. Anderson, Ivan Waggoner
Format:	Buchkapitel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Administrative law Applied psychology Behavioral sciences Business Business psychology Business structures Civil law Civil negligence Commercial regulation Corporate behavior Corporate liability Corporate regulation Corporations Criminal law Criminal litigation Criminal offenses Criminal prosecution Criminals Economic regulation Human populations Jurisprudence Law Legal ethics Legal liability Legal responsibilities Persons Population studies Psychology Social sciences Strict liability Tort law Torts
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Zusammenfassung:	What should be the role of the criminal law in controlling corporate and other organizational behavior?² Historically, the role of criminal law and punishment has been to deter undesirable behavior, provide retribution for those wronged, and incapacitate the wrongdoer. On the one hand, it seems only natural to apply criminal sanctions when a problematic activity is taken to aid the organization’s interests. It also seems natural to wish to punish the organization as though the organization itself is culpable and should be punished. On the other hand, Thurlow’s frustration, expressed in the quotation above, is certainly understandable. Corporations are legal