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OverviewIn 21st century Britain the rich are protected while the poor punished. Rich Crime, Poor Crime shows how contemporary British society is founded on a legacy of past plunder and dispossession by elites against the rest. Over centuries, power and property have been consolidated in the hands of a few and coded in legal systems that favoured the rich and created extreme inequality. Colin Webster puts a spotlight on Britain's hereditary and new ruling classes, whose inherited entanglements in land ownership, war and conquest, new world slavery, finance, trade, industry and empire allow them to accumulate and grow capital and wealth at the expense of others. He reveals a system facilitated by political corruption and wealth that accommodates serious wrongdoing - such as corporate, banking and accounting fraud, money laundering and tax evasion - and does substantial harm to fellow Britons. Examining the conditions of extreme inequality that give rise to poor crime and rich crime - and to the social response to both types of crime - we find them to be deeply implicated one with the other. Rich Crime, Poor Crime is vital reading for academics and professionals interested in the fields of history, sociology, criminology, and politics. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Colin Webster (Leeds Beckett University, UK)Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited Imprint: Emerald Publishing Limited Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.375kg ISBN: 9781839098253ISBN 10: 1839098252 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 16 March 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Crime, Inequality and the Rule of Law Part I. Taking the Long View Chapter 1. Capitalism and Crime in Early Modern England Chapter 2. Accumulation by Dispossession: Land Grabs, Enclosure and Trespass Chapter 3. Property, Poverty and the Rule of Law Chapter 4. State Crime: War and Plunder, Slavery, Empire and Famine Part II. Rich and Poor Crime in Modern Britain Chapter 5. Rich and Poor Britain Chapter 6. Offshoring: Corporate, Financial and Tax Crime Chapter 7. Capturing the State: Corruption, Outsourcing, Privatization and Austerity Chapter 8. Poor Crime: Economic, Welfare and Policy Cycles Part III. Connecting Rich and Poor Crime Chapter 9. Coding Capital: Protecting the Rich and Punishing the Poor Chapter 10. Conclusion: ‘There’s one law for the rich and another for the poor’ReviewsIn this brilliant book, Colin Webster shows that today's billionaire kleptocrats and oligarchs are, in reality, the capitalist 'children' of their robber forebears. With a critical eye firmly on the violent and plundering historical role of states, companies and the upper classes Webster provides a passionate, detailed and sweeping review of the myriad abuses of humanity that became enshrined in elite-state formations and law, alongside the power they came to wield with colonial expansion. As the winners of the economic system strode and plundered the globe's resources, new forms and extremes of damage to populations were unleashed, sanctified in law. A work of scholarship, insight and relevant example, Rich Crime, Poor Crime reinvigorates debate about the complex roots of harm in the societies and economies we all inhabit. This is a history of harm absolutely for our time today. -- Rowland Atkinson Colin Webster is to be congratulated for producing such an insightful book at a time when a discussion of the relationships between inequality and crime is needed more than ever. Drawing on a range of existing studies, Webster takes us on a journey from early modern England to the present day, illuminating how contemporary British society is founded on a legacy of past exploitation by elites against the populous. In examining the conditions of extreme inequality that give rise to both crimes committed by the poor and crimes committed by the rich, Webster provides us with the text 1973's The New Criminology suggested was needed. -- Stephen Farrall This is an extraordinarily important book on how inequality shapes, and is shaped by, the law and criminal justice system. A must-read for everyone concerned with social justice. -- Kate E. Pickett We have become so accustomed to the idiom that 'there is one law for the rich and another for the poor' that its precise origins, meaning, and effects are often obfuscated. Webster provides a rich and detailed expose of how inequalities built into early processes of capitalist accumulation, colonial exploitation and formulations of the 'rule of law' persist today. Rich Crime, Poor Crime is a devastating critique of how networks of elite power continue to inflict violence, theft and hardship on others whilst remaining immune to legal sanction. -- John Muncie Author InformationColin Webster is Emeritus Professor of Criminology at Leeds Beckett University, UK, and a member of the Editorial Board of the British Journal of Criminology. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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