Applying Criminal Career Thinking

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

It has now been 30 years since Blumstein, et al. (1986) produced their two-volume report on criminal careers, fundamentally changing how crime was studied. This panel, convened by The Centre for Criminology at the University of Greenwich in London, extends this work further by applying criminal careers and criminal career concepts to the study of white-collar or corporate crime, threatened extortion of corporations and the treatment of Black Asian and Minority Ethnic offenders in prison. The paper by Dr Ben Hunter argues for the application of the criminal career approach to understanding corporate crimes, and the extent to which corporations can be ‘chronic’ in their criminal careers. Furthermore, one of the key gaps requiring further study in criminal career research is the connection between offenders and the commission of offenses. The paper by Dr Sarah Kilbane will explore the nuances of these concepts in her study of corporate extortion. Sarah Adamson will illustrate how separating the prevalence and frequency of negative outcomes in prison (i.e., segregation, loss of privileges, use of force) furthers our knowledge about the treatment of certain types of prisoners.

Sub Unit

• Area III: Perspectives on Crime and Criminal Behavior / 6: Developmental and Life Course Perspectives

Individual Presentations

• Disproportionate Treatment of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Prisoners - Sarah Adamson, University of Greenwich; Darrick Jolliffe, University of Greenwich; Keiran Manners, Ipswich and Suffolk Council for Racial Equality; Zubaida Haque, The Runnymede Trust; Debbie Weekes-Bernard, The Runnymede Trust

• Corporate Recidivism: Outlining a Framework for Study - Ben Hunter, University of Greenwich, UK

• Corporate Target Selection in Cases of Malicious Contamination - Sarah Kilbane, University of Greenwich

Discussant

• Darrick Jolliffe, University of Greenwich