Publication

cjm 94: How corrupt is Britain?

Friday, 22 November 2013

The themed section of this issue, How corrupt is Britain?, is guest edited by David Whyte.

The articles, based on a conference held at the University of Liverpool in May 2013, include David Beetham on rethinking the concept of corruption and offering a new definition; Joanna Gilmore and Waqas Tufail exploring radical alternatives to police corruption and Steve Tombs discussing corporate theft and fraud.

In the topical and comment section, Heather Powell asks if corporations can be held accountable for the global antibiotics health crisis; Emma Murray examines the way veterans are dealt with in the criminal justice system and Malcolm Torry questions whether the benefits system is just and considers the part it plays in crime creation.

In this edition

David Whyte and Arianna Silvestri introduce this issue of cjm

By David Whyte and Arianna Silvestri

David Beetham suggests that we need to rethink the concept and offers a new definition

By David Beetham

Stuart Wilks-Heeg discusses why party funding reform has failed to allay concern about possible corruption

By Stuart Wilks-Heeg

Joanna Gilmore and Waqas Tufail consider radical alternatives to official mechanisms for holding corrupt officers to account

By Joanna Gilmore and Waqas Tufail

David Whyte explores recent revelations of collusion between construction companies and the police

By David Whyte

Steve Tombs discusses the latest chapter in a long history of financial services frauds

By Steve Tombs

Prem Sikka shows how a tax avoidance industry has facilitated the corporate capture of UK policymaking

By Prem Sikka

Can corporations be held socially accountable for the growing global antibiotics health crisis? asks Heather Powell

By Heather Powell

Emma Murray examines how this group is perceived and dealt with

By Emma Murray

Kevin Albertson, Chris Fox and Kevin Wong consider social justice alternatives to imprisonment

By Kevin Albertson, Chris Fox and Kevin Wong

Marian Duggan and Vicky Heap cast a critical eye over the policy connections

By Marian Duggan and Vicky Heap

Tony Murphy points to a lack of investigation into academic misconduct and fraud

By Tony Murphy

Malcolm Torry asks whether our benefits system is just and what part it plays in crime creation

By Malcolm Torry