NCJ Number
70794
Journal
Criminal Justice Journal Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Dated: (1980) Pages: 22-31
Date Published
1980
Length
10 pages
Annotation
To prevent modern economic crime, all national policy decisions should be examined for crime potential, according to this Australian expert in the Philippines.
Abstract
According to statistical data, only 30 percent of the offenders commit ordinary crimes. Therefore, the main thrust of preventive planning should focus on business crime, which is hidden, but affects many more people than street crime. Preventive planning should be based on the concept of social justice. Crime should not be looked upon as a natural reaction to oppression; but the disparity between the haves and have nots should be diminished, because this, and not poverty as such, is a factor in crime. This calls for changes in the entire system: all the financial, economic, and social decisions should be examined for crime impact. Furthermore, cooperation with leaders of corporations is needed to design measures to prevent corporate crime, which is the major problem. References to the Australian Institute of Criminology, to the United Nations and to the problem of international terrorism are included.