‘The Vanishing Criminal – Causes of Decline in Australia’s Crime Rate’ – a book review
This is a very interesting and useful book, trying to explain why Australia’s crime rate has fallen in many areas, and continues to do so. That fall is also found in other comparable countries – Canada, New Zealand and more. I attended the launch of the book by its authors – Don Weatherburn and Sara […]
The new law’s limitations in controlling phoenix misconduct
The new anti-phoenix laws, so welcomed in certain quarters, will come up against some business and personal behaviours that are resistant to control and that require more than the usual ‘let’s litigate’ responses. =============== Amidst all the war like chest thumping from regulators, lawyers and liquidators[1] which are marketed as arming our warriors with new […]
by how much could we reduce white collar crime by imposing 30 year jail sentences? “Zero”.
The Honest Politician’s Guide to Crime Control never went into to a second edition, and it may by now be out of print. I studied with its co-author, Gordon Hawkins, whose objective and considered views were as relevant then in those Laura Norder days as they are now. Sadly, in the years since, I have […]
Lifting the fear and suppressing the greed – a Senate committee report on penalties for white collar crime
A long awaited Senate committee report on penalties for white collar crime was issued on 23 March 2017 under the rather dramatic title of ‘Lifting the fear and suppressing the greed’: Penalties for white-collar crime and corporate and financial misconduct in Australia. For all that drama, the report offers a fairly uncontroversial and hardly novel […]