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Scandal and Reform: An Examination of Societal Responses to Major Financial and Corporate Crime

Sullivan, Brandon A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1277141954

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2010, Master of Science in Criminal Justice (MSCJ), Bowling Green State University, Criminal Justice.
Scholars have long been interested in the study of corporate crime. The current financial crisis caused by widespread defaults on sub-prime mortgages brings a renewed call for understanding the significant harms produced by reckless corporate practices. This thesis utilizes a multiple case study approach to examine four major corporate scandals throughout American history. These cases include Cooke & Co. and Northern Pacific Railroad in the 1870s, the Insull utility holding companies in the 1930s, the Savings and Loan crisis of the 1980s, and the Enron scandal in 2001. A macro-social adaptation of Sherman's (1978) examination of corrupt police organizations is used as a logical model to analyze the cases using cross-case synthesis. The four cases are compared using the framework to uncover common patterns of reactions to major corporate crimes. The thesis concludes with a discussion of various policy alternatives for handling complex corporate crime problems, including a guide for future research.
John Liederbach, Dr. (Advisor)
Michael Buerger, Dr. (Committee Member)
Philip Stinson, Dr. (Committee Member)
127 p.
Criminology
corporate crime; financial crime; business crime; white collar crime; criminal justice; criminology; regulation; organizational deviance; social control

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  • Sullivan, B. A. (2010). Scandal and Reform: An Examination of Societal Responses to Major Financial and Corporate Crime [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1277141954

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sullivan, Brandon. Scandal and Reform: An Examination of Societal Responses to Major Financial and Corporate Crime. 2010. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1277141954.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sullivan, Brandon. "Scandal and Reform: An Examination of Societal Responses to Major Financial and Corporate Crime." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1277141954

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