NDLI: Too big to fail, too powerful to jail? On the absence of criminal prosecutions after the 2008 financial meltdown

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Author	Pontell, Henry N. Black, William K. Geis, Gilbert
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	Various explanations have been offered regarding the causes of the current global economic crisis that was spawned by the collapse of mortgage-based securities in the U.S. that were sold world-wide and that contained "toxic assets" comprised of subprime loans. There is ample evidence that such loans were originated through fraud. Firms recorded huge profits, and executives were awarded large bonuses even though some had led their companies into bankruptcy and plunged both the U.S. and global economies into the greatest recession since the Great Depression. This paper assesses the reasons why there have been no major prosecutions to date, and compares the U.S. government's response to that in the savings and loan crisis. It analyzes the influence of large financial institutions on lawmaking, regulation, and the allocation of enforcement resources, the continued general lack of understanding of financial fraud including control fraud, and problems related to the higher status and power of potential defendants.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	13
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09254994
Journal	Crime, Law and Social Change
Volume Number	61
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15730751
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2013-08-29
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Criminology & Criminal Justice Criminal Law Political Science Social Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Law Pathology and Forensic Medicine

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
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3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
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