Organizational Crime: Causes, Explanations and Prevention in a Comparative Perspective - Paperback

by Markus Pohlmann (Editor), Gerhard Dannecker (Editor), Dieter Dölling (Editor)

This book presents the results of an international comparative study on the causes of rule deviation in business and medical organizations. Based on document and interview analyses as well as experiments, the discrepancy between (state) regulations and organizational practice is elaborated and discussed in an interdisciplinary perspective. On the basis of the distinction between organizational and individual deviance, it could be shown across national boundaries that the unwritten rules of the organization make a decisive contribution in explaining organizational wrongdoing, as well as their containment. Implications for effective prevention derived from this are also pointed out.

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This book presents the results of an international comparative study on the causes of rule deviation in business and medical organizations. Based on document and interview analyses as well as experiments, the discrepancy between (state) regulations and organizational practice is elaborated and discussed in an interdisciplinary perspective. On the basis of the distinction between organizational and individual deviance, it could be shown across national boundaries that the unwritten rules of the organization make a decisive contribution in explaining organizational wrongdoing, as well as their containment. Implications for effective prevention derived from this are also pointed out.
The Editors
​Prof. Dr. Markus Pohlmann is Professor of Sociology at the Max-Weber-Institute for Sociology at Heidelberg University.
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Gerhard Dannecker is Senior Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at the Institute for German, European and International Criminal Law and Law of Criminal Procedure, Heidelberg University, Germany.
Prof. i.R. Dr. Dieter Dölling is Professor i. R. of Criminal Law and Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, Heidelberg University, Germany.
Prof. Dr. Dieter Hermann is Professor of Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, Heidelberg University, Germany.
Dr. Kristina Höly is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max-Weber-Institute for Sociology, Heidelberg University, Germany.
Maria Eugenia Trombini is Ph.D. candidate at the Max-Weber-Institute for Sociology, Heidelberg University, Germany.
Prof. em. Subrata K. Mitra, Ph.D. (Rochester), is Professor emeritus of Political Science at the South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, Germany and Adjunct Professor at Dublin City University, Ireland.

Author Biography

​Prof. Dr. Markus Pohlmann is Professor of Sociology at the Max-Weber-Institute for Sociology at Heidelberg University.
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Gerhard Dannecker is Senior Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at the Institute for German, European and International Criminal Law and Law of Criminal Procedure, Heidelberg University, Germany.
Prof. i.R. Dr. Dieter Dölling is Professor i. R. of Criminal Law and Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, Heidelberg University, Germany.
Prof. Dr. Dieter Hermann is Professor of Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, Heidelberg University, Germany.
Dr. Kristina Höly is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max-Weber-Institute for Sociology, Heidelberg University, Germany.
Maria Eugenia Trombini is Ph.D. candidate at the Max-Weber-Institute for Sociology, Heidelberg University, Germany.
Prof. em. Subrata K. Mitra, Ph.D. (Rochester), is Professor emeritus of Political Science at the South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, Germany and Adjunct Professor at Dublin City University, Ireland.