SOC208H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Malum Prohibitum, Horizon Oil Sands, White-Collar Crime
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Can own property in its own name. A company or group authorized to act as a single entity recognized by law. Back then if something went wrong like the company went bankrupt, your house would not go down and you would not go bankrupt personally. It was also about getting into the new world. Economic benefits come at a cost: benefit some over others, environmental costs, physical and emotional integrity or workers. White collar crime tends to benefit one person while corporate crime tends to benefit the whole company. Air pollution: safety factories toxic waste. Safe and unsafe good or drugs financial. Properties of corporate crime: specialized access, spatial separation, appearance of legitimacy. Bp oil: deepwater horizon, 11 workers died, 17 injured, expansive environmental harm, decimated fishing & tourism industries, chemicals used in the cleanup effort have made many ill, economic, physical, and emotional harm.
