Punishing Corporate Crime: Legal Penalties for Criminal and Regulatory Violations

Punishing Corporate Crime: Legal Penalties for Criminal and Regulatory Violations provides a practical discussion of criminal punishment trends directed at the US corporate entity. Corporate punishment, for the most part, has traditionally occurred either in the form of a fine or, in the extreme, a heavy sanction that terminates the business. This timely book analyzes the historical and statutory bases of corporate punishment and reviews the latest remedies now employed by the US government, including receivership and monitoring, disgorgement of profits, restitution, integrity agreements, and disbarment from regulated fields. Punishing Corporate Crime explores the new and evolving area of corporate criminal punishment that has emerged in the post- Enron era. This book offers key advice in addressing the new and evolving punishments that face corporations, as well as a consideration of preventative programs.

• Offers key advice in addressing the new and evolving punishments that corporations face as well as a consideration of preventative programs
• Includes policy bases as well as practical applications and limitations of the new approaches
• Provides a survey of state of the art solutions to corporate misconduct
• Presents an exploration of the new punishments, considering both their benefits and limitations