Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1980
Abstract
In this article, Professor Coffee argues that fines are an inefficient means by which to deter organizational crimes. Instead, he urges a focus on the individual decision-maker and a system of competitive bids with respect to the choice of a fine as an alternative punishment.
Disciplines
Criminal Law | Criminal Procedure | Law | Law and Economics
Recommended Citation
John C. Coffee Jr.,
Corporate Crime and Punishment: A Non-Chicago View of the Economics of Criminal Sanctions,
17
Am. Crim. L. Rev.
419
(1980).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/3846
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