Rich crime, poor crime : inequality and the rule of law

• Main Author: Webster, Colin (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023.
• Subjects: Crime > Economic aspects.; Crime > Sociological aspects.; Criminology.; Social stratification.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781839098246
• DOI: 10.1108/9781839098222
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (332 pages)

In 21st century Britain the rich are protected while the poor punished. Rich Crime, Poor Crime shows how contemporary British society is founded on a legacy of past plunder and dispossession by elites against the rest. Over centuries, power and property have been consolidated in the hands of a few a...