Desiloing Criminology: The Case of Corporate Crime

• In Event: Plenary 2 - Friday

Abstract

Criminology has never completely embraced the subject of corporate crime despite Sutherland’s admonishment to do so nearly a century ago. Today, corporate crime remains at the margins of our field. In this address, I discuss why it is essential for criminology to incorporate and build on the knowledge base that corporate crime scholars have established while also acknowledging critical epistemological challenges and literature gaps that confront this subject area. I consider what is needed to abate some of these challenges and conclude by highlighting newly emerging topical areas for corporate criminologists to consider moving forward. In particular, I suggest reciprocal engagement on the specific topics of criminal decision-making, data science/artificial intelligence, and cohort analysis.

Author

• Sally S Simpson, University of Maryland