Why Not Jail?: Industrial Catastrophes, Corporate Malfeasance, and Government Inaction

by Rena Steinzor

Book Overview

The US Department of Justice is under fire for failing to prosecute banks that caused the 2008 economic meltdown because they are too big to jail. Prosecutors have long neglected to hold corporate executives accountable for chronic mistakes that kill and injure workers and customers. This book, the first of its kind, analyzes five industrial catastrophes that have killed or sickened consumers and workers or caused irrevocable harm to the environment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110763394X
• ISBN13: 9781107633940
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"