Analogus Social Injury PDF

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According to the textbook, the concept of analogous social injury includes harm caused by acts or conditions that are legal but produce consequences similar to those produced by illegal acts (Lanier & Henry, 2004). Many of the wrong and harmful behaviors committed by these elite individuals do not undergo incrimination due to their influence and income, while lower income individuals, such as the working middle class, are charged for some type of criminal behavior. In the book The Behavior of Law by Donald Black analyzes the concept of analogous social injury and determining factors, which influence this behavior is todays society (Barak, Leighton, & Cotton, 2010). Black states that there is a direct correlation between the amount of law and the individual’s class. When a poorer individual victimizes a rich individual, there tends to be more criminal laws. This includes more extensive investigation, reports, arrest, prosecution and prison sentence (Barak, Leighton, & Cotton, 2010). In opposition, when a richer individual victimizes a poor individual, there tends to be less criminal law and more civil law. This includes monetary fines rather than jail time and therapeutic sanctions rather than punitive ones (Barak, Leighton, & Cotton, 2010). So why are these acts committed by elites beyond incrimination? Many of these acts committed by elites do not undergo incrimination due to their strong influence in our society. Also the American public tends to not correlate white-collar crimes with being harmful to anyone. An example included is the textbook is about the twelve miners who died in 2005 (Barak, Leighton, & Cotton, 2010). The mine had been inspected and consisted of dangerous problems. Despite the decision of continuing of mining, the deaths were reported as “disasters or “accidents.” The individuals were not charged with any criminal law.

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