Series: New Advances in Crime and Social Harm

This book takes a radical look at organisational crime and deviance through the prism of Cultural Theory derived from anthropology. It does so through case studies and by introducing new concepts such as 'organisational perversion', 'tyranny' and 'organisational capture'. Exploring the effects of change and environmental influences such as globalisation, new technologies, and trade-cycles on the nature and potency of...

The arts—spanning the visual, design, performing, media, musical, and literary genres—constitute an alternative lens through which to understand state-sanctioned punishment and its place in public consciousness. Perhaps this is especially so in the case of imprisonment: its nature, its functions, and the ways in which these register in public perceptions and desires have historically and to some extent inherently been...

When corruption is exposed, unknown aspects are revealed which allow us to better understand its structures and informal norms. The Hidden Order of Corruption investigates the hidden order of corruption, looking at the invisible codes and mechanisms that govern and stabilise the links between corrupters and corruptees. Concentrating mainly on democratic regimes, this book uses a wide range of documentation,...