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OverviewHigh and Low Corruption: Children, Capabilities, and Crime analyzes “high corruption” in terms of political corruption and high-end white-collar crime and “low corruption” in terms of juvenile delinquency and street crime. It shows how delinquents and street criminals often suffer from arrested development of their basic human capabilities. In turn, Harry Adams argues that their maldevelopment often emerges neither merely through their own fault when they were children nor through biological caregivers who were guilty of parental child neglect. Beyond this, Adams argues that the maldevelopment of at-risk youth commonly emerges through a kind of political child neglect, when corrupt public officials fail to provide adequate protection or back-up support for their development. In these ways, the author shows how the former type of high corruption (or “suite crime”) can significantly contribute to the latter type of corruption (and street crime). By applying a set of moral, constitutional, and criminological principles from Derek Parfit, Ronald Dworkin, and Jeffrey Reiman, respectively, Adams also provides a systematic account of why and how both these types of corruption should be curbed. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Harry AdamsPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.658kg ISBN: 9781666932546ISBN 10: 166693254 Pages: 362 Publication Date: 08 January 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Low Corruption: Delinquency and Street Crime by Society’s Most Powerless Members Chapter 2. High Corruption: Suite Crime by Society’s Most Powerful Members Chapter 3. The Powerful Harming the Powerless Chapter 4. Improved Social Games: From Corrupt States to Non-Corrupt Societies Chapter 5. Non-Corrupt Societies: Capabilities Developed, Power(s) Well-Managed Chapter 6. Criminal Justice Conditions of Non-Corrupt Societies Conclusion: Models of Corrupt and Non-Corrupt Societies Appendix 1. Sentencing Street Criminals and Suite Criminals Appendix 2. Epigraphs on Corruption Appendix 3. Further Reading Appendix 4. Detailed Chapter Contents Bibliography About the AuthorReviews"""Harry Adams breaks new ground on the relationship between crimes of powerful adults and crimes of powerless children. A capabilities approach is applied to reveal what societies must transform and institutionalize to nurture strong children. It is a rich storytelling book that will engage a broad readership interested in corruption. For scholars, it accomplishes engagement between philosophy and criminology of a kind that is all too rare, yet much needed. Adams delivers a wonderful corrective to the failures of criminology to pursue the profound connections between corruption in the suites and suffering in the streets.""" """Harry Adams breaks new ground on the relationship between crimes of powerful adults and crimes of powerless children. A capabilities approach is applied to reveal what societies must transform and institutionalize to nurture strong children. It is a rich storytelling book that will engage a broad readership interested in corruption. For scholars, it accomplishes engagement between philosophy and criminology of a kind that is all too rare, yet much needed. Adams delivers a wonderful corrective to the failures of criminology to pursue the profound connections between corruption in the suites and suffering in the streets."" --John Braithwaite, Australian National University" Author InformationHarry Adams has taught assistant professor at the University of Texas (UTPA/RGV) and as associate professor at Prairie View A&M University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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