Corporate Violence [Textbook Binding]

Stuart L. Hills (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 28, 1987 | ISBN-10: 084767536X | ISBN-13: 978-0847675364

Corporate Violence: Injury and Death for Profit is a provocative collection of articles that focuses on the critical issue of the serious physical harm inflicted on consumers, workers, and the general public as a result of decisions made by corporate executives. The studies in this volume describe and analyze the legal and illegal acts of "respectable" business people that have injured or killed people.

Editorial Reviews

Review

The book drives home powerfully the thesis that corporate violence is widespread and ought to be evaluated in the same light as other criminal violence. (Humanity & Society )

Hills presents example after disturbing example of corporate scandal. These cases have a cumulative effect that outrages the reader....Hills has given us a first-class anthology, and the questions he raises should not be ignored.... (Justice Quarterly )

This volume is the first to focus solely on the issue of corporate violence. This alone makes the book valuable....By highlighting the physical harm caused by corporate crime, this book makes an important contribution....provides a solid review of some of the structural conditions that influence corporate criminal acts....an important theoretical contribution... (Social Justice )

Product Details

• Textbook Binding: 224 pages
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (June 28, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 084767536X
• ISBN-13: 978-0847675364
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,178,290 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)