Restorative justice for banks through negative licensing

John Braithwaite*

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    Abstract

    The most general lesson of the crime prevention literature is taken to be that repeat victimization and repeat offending are concentrated in time and space; early intervention to prevent wider inflammation of such hot spots is more effective than reactive general deterrence (as in economic models of crime). That prescription is applied to how the 2008 financial crisis might have been prevented and how the crimes of Enron and Arthur Andersen might have been tackled to ameliorate the 2001 crisis. Negative licensing based on walking the beat and kicking the tyres at financial hot spots, with reduced reliance on economic models of risk, is one remedy advocated. Then, the threat of negative licensing might be used to motivate restorative justice that transforms the ethical culture, particularly the bonus culture, of banks.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)439-450
    Number of pages12
    JournalBritish Journal of Criminology
    Volume49
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jul 2009

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