Corporate and white-collar crime

Justin Rex

Chapter 16 in Elgar Encyclopedia of Business and Government, 2026, pp 89-93 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This entry covers the foundations and future directions for research on corporate and white-collar crime. Defining and labeling elite behavior as criminal is challenging given the contested and socially constructed nature of the line between legitimate business practice and criminality. Practical challenges of prosecutorial resources and expertise, as well as corporate power and firms’ privileged position in the economy, further complicate whether and how often elite crimes are punished. Scholars disagree about the appropriate regulatory response to punish and deter elite crime. Schools of thought about appropriate responses are categorized by the degree of restorative or retributive justice they recommend, as well as the degree to which the response centers the state or relies on non-state actors. I conclude with a discussion of open questions and promising directions for future scholarship.

Keywords: Corporate crime; White-collar crime; Organizational crime; Business regulation; Criminology; Regulation and governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035307777
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