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

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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author Webster, Colin (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023.
Subjects
Crime > Economic aspects.
Crime > Sociological aspects.
Criminology.
Social stratification.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781839098246
DOI10.1108/9781839098222
Physical Description1 online resource (332 pages)

Cover

Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Crime, inequality and the rule of law
  • Part I. Taking the long view
  • Chapter 1. Capitalism and crime in early modern England
  • Chapter 2. Accumulation by dispossession: Land grabs, enclosure and trespass
  • Chapter 3. Property, poverty and the rule of law
  • Chapter 4. State crime: War and plunder, slavery, empire and famine
  • Part II. Rich and poor crime in modern Britain
  • Chapter 5. Rich and poor Britain
  • Chapter 6. Offshoring: Corporate, financial and tax crime
  • Chapter 7. Capturing the state: Corruption, outsourcing, privatization and austerity
  • Chapter 8. Poor crime: Economic, welfare and policy cycles
  • Part III. Connecting rich and poor crime
  • Chapter 9. Coding capital: Protecting the rich and punishing the poor
  • Chapter 10. Conclusion: 'there's one law for the rich and another for the poor'.

Similar Items