Slow Food Lessons in the Fast Food Midwest
In: Southern Rural Sociology, Band 23, Heft 1, S. 72-93
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In: Southern Rural Sociology, Band 23, Heft 1, S. 72-93
In: Criminology: the official publication of the American Society of Criminology, Band 26, Heft 3, S. 505-518
ISSN: 1745-9125
A mail survey of California district attorneys regarding corporate crime focused on the recent experiences of the prosecutors with such crimes and on factors that limit the likelihood of their prosecuting corporate offenders. A significant majority of the district attorneys had prosecuted a variety of corporate crimes, and a sizable minority anticipated devoting more resources to corporate crime prosecutions in the future. There was a strong consensus among the district attorneys that the primary obstacle to corporate crime prosecutions is not political but practical and inheres in the level of resources available to them. Prosecutors in small districts were more constrained by the potential impact that a corporate prosecution might have on the local economy than their counterparts in large districts. This finding suggests that community context may influence social control responses to corporate lawbreakers.