In this introductory article we will discuss some of the recent developments in corporate crime research in the Netherlands and Belgium since 2008. In doing so, we will answer the following three questions: (1) What are the most important developments in the way research on corporate crime has been carried out? (2) What are key themes in corporate crime research? (3) What are the most important blind spots in research into corporate crime? We will conclude with some avenues for future research on corporate crime and its enforcement. |
Tijdschrift voor Criminologie
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Organisatiecriminaliteit en de aanpak ervan in de Lage Landen |
Trefwoorden | Organisatiecriminaliteit, Witteboordencriminaliteit, Handhaving, ING-affaire |
Auteurs | Dr. Karin Van Wingerde, Prof. dr. Antoinette Verhage en Dr. Lieselot Bisschop |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
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Patronen in regelovertreding in de chemische industrie |
Trefwoorden | corporate crime, compliance, longitudinal, life course, criminal career |
Auteurs | Dr. Marieke Kluin MSc., Prof. dr. mr. Arjan Blokland, Prof. mr. Wim Huisman e.a. |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
Unlike criminal career research into the criminal behavior of natural persons, longitudinal research into rule violations by corporations is still scant. The few available studies are mostly limited to US corporations, and suffer from either a small sample size or a short follow-up period, limiting the generalizability of their findings. The present study uses longitudinal data on rule violating behavior of 494 Dutch chemical corporations derived from yearly inspections (N=4.367) of the relevant safety and environmental agencies between 2006 and 2017. The study aims to gain insight in the patterning of rule violations by Dutch chemical corporations, and the extent to which these patterns are associated with sector and corporate characteristics. The results show that rule violation is common among Dutch chemical corporations. A small minority of chronically violating corporations however, is responsible for a disproportional share of all observed rule violations. Using group-based trajectory modelling (GBTM) we distinguish several longitudinal patterns of rule violations in our data. Available sector and corporation characteristics are only weakly associated with the patterns of rule violations identified. |
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Strafrecht door de ogen van een witteboordencrimineelGevolgen en beleving van strafrechtspleging door vervolgden voor witteboordencriminaliteit |
Trefwoorden | Strafrechtspleging, Witteboordencriminaliteit, Detentiebeleving, Strafdoelen, Strafrechtelijk beleid |
Auteurs | Prof. mr. Wim Huisman en Drs. Dennis Lesmeister |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
Internationally, research on the experiences of white-collar offenders with the criminal justice system and the consequences of prosecution and conviction is scarce. Such research becomes more relevant, as the response to white-collar crime has become more punitive and more offenders are convicted. This paper presents the experiences of the co-author as a convicted white-collar offender as an autobiographical case-study. In this cases study, the consequences and experiences during four phases (investigation, prosecution, sentence-execution and post-sentencing) are analysed on four live-domains: health, private life, social life and professional life. Such an approach could be a blueprint for further and more systematic study of the experiences with and consequences of criminal justice for white-collar offenders. Such study can shed light on the effects and actual achievement of goals of punishment for white-collar crime. |
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Genderdiversiteit en organisatiecriminaliteit: een systematische literatuurreview |
Trefwoorden | gender, white-collar crime, old boys network, board diversity, corporate crime |
Auteurs | Dr. Marieke Kluin MSc. en Mr. Lucy de Ruiter BSc. |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
Women are less likely to commit criminal acts than men. This gender gap appears to be particularly pronounced in white-collar crime. This systematic literature review examines existing theories, such as the situational hypothesis and the ‘gendered theory of focal concerns’ and evaluates to what extent they find support in empiricism. The results seem to offer the most support to the ‘gendered theory of focal concerns’. This nourishes the hypothesis that with an increase of women at positions in the upper tiers of the company ladder a decrease in the prevalence of white-collar crime can be expected. However, it is also possible that the explanation of corporate crime does not lie in a lack of femininity, but in a lack of gender diversity. Furthermore, limited access to informal criminal networks, the ‘old boys networks’, seems to play an important role in the gender gap of white-collar crime. |
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Ambtelijke en bestuurlijke corruptie in Nederland; waar staan we anno 2018? |
Trefwoorden | Corruptie, Integriteit, Rechtshandhaving, Openbaar bestuur |
Auteurs | Prof. dr. Hans Nelen en Prof. dr. Emile Kolthoff |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
The most recent extensive study on political and administrative corruption in The Netherlands dates back to 2005 (Huberts & Nelen, 2005). Afterwards various studies have been conducted on related subthemes and areas. In this contribution, the state of affairs regarding political and administrative corruption – and the responses to them – in The Netherlands in 2018 is described, based on the results of these studies. Starting with an overview of the nature and severity of political and administrative corruption, the focus shifts to relevant developments in the control and prevention of corruption, partly addressing the causes of the phenomenon. |
Onderzoeksnotities |
Vrijheidsbeneming in Nederland sinds 1837Een analyse van 180 jaar gevangenisstatistieken |
Trefwoorden | gevangenissen, detentie, criminaliteitstrends, historische criminologie |
Auteurs | Prof. dr. Paul Nieuwbeerta |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
This article studies the development in the prison system over the period 1837-2016 in the Netherlands. It describes trends in three characteristics of the Dutch prison system: (a) the number of prisoners, (b) the number of cells, and (c) the inflow of persons from the free society. The findings are twofold. On the one hand – when examining absolute numbers – the article shows that three distinct periods can be distinguished: a period of 140 years with low stable numbers (1837-1975), four decades in which the numbers tripled (1975-2005), and a subsequent decade where the numbers halved (2005-2016). On the other hand – when examining relative numbers, i.e. per 100.000 inhabitants, and thus controlling for the growth in population – the article displays that developments in the prison system in the Netherlands between 1837-2016 can best be characterized by a long-term continuous decrease in detention. |
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Grief following homicidal loss |
Auteurs | Dr. Maarten Kunst |
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Boekbespreking |
Uitdagingen bij het voorspellen van recidive op basis van nationale strafregisterdata |
Auteurs | Dr. Eric Maes |
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Boekbespreking |
On the road to adulthood. Delinquency and desistance in Dutch emerging adults |
Auteurs | Dr. Jan Kornelis Dijkstra |
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#Politie. Twittergebruik door wijkagenten en de veiligheidsbeleving van de burger |
Auteurs | Marnix Eysink Smeets |
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Do not restrain the prisoner’s brainExecutive functions, self-regulation and the impoverished prison environment |
Auteurs | Dr. Liza Cornet |
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