Sociology has recently witnessed a rapprochement between research on organizations and
research on law. This essay reviews a number of central developments and tendencies in …

We conducted a meta-analysis of corporate crime deterrence strategies by using 80 effect
sizes calculated from 58 studies in four treatment areas—Law, Punitive Sanctions …

Exploring three rich cases across three countries, this book shows how government
organizations need their clients to contribute time and effort to co-producing public services …

White-Collar Crime: An Opportunity Perspective analyzes white-collar crime within a
coherent theoretical framework. Using the opportunity perspective, which assumes that all …

The devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck northern Japan on 11 March 2011, and
their aftermath in the meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, were among those …

We specify and test a rational choice model of corporate crime. This model includes
measures of the perceived costs and benefits of corporate crime (for both the firm and the …

The literature on deterrence theory has undergone a number of changes in recent years.
With the rise of new ways of thinking about rational decision-making and offending, four …

Deterrence is at the heart of the preventive aspiration of criminal justice. Deterrence,
whether through preventive patrol by police officers or stiff prison sentences for violent …

The emotions shame and guilt may represent a critical stepping stone in the rehabilitation
process. Often referred to as 'moral'emotions owing to their presumed role in promoting …

This paper reports results from a randomized experiment in which 256 participants recruited
to complete a survey could earn extra payment by cheating on a quiz. We report the first …