Securing compliance: seven case studies
by Friedland, M. L., (Martin Lawrence)
Securing compliance is the subject of this collection of interdisciplinary studies. Each attempts to provide a better understanding of why people comply with the law and what techniques may prove most effective in achieving that goal. Together the papers raise two important questions. Are we now relying too heavily on criminal prosecution in many areas? And would society's objectives be better served through less punitive means? Alternatives include the use of rewards and administrative penalti…
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- Full title :Securing compliance : seven case studies / edited by M.L. Friedland.
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Securing compliance is the subject of this collection of interdisciplinary studies. Each attempts to provide a better understanding of why people comply with the law and what techniques may prove most effective in achieving that goal. Together the papers raise two important questions. Are we now relying too heavily on criminal prosecution in many areas? And would society's objectives be better served through less punitive means? Alternatives include the use of rewards and administrative penalties, control by licensing and limiting exposure to opportunities for wrong-doing.
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- Publication Date:©1990.
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- Publisher(s):University of Toronto Press
- Place of Publication:Toronto
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1990.
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- Description:viii, 440 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0802027105, 9780802027108
- oclc:ocn423180982
- LC Classification:K258
- Dewey Decimal:340/.1
Table of Contents
1. Enforcing Canada's prostitution laws, 1982-1920 : rhetoric and practice / John McLaren & John Lowman. -- 2. Controlling interests : two conceptions of order in regulating a financial market / Philip C. Stenning & others. -- 3. Tax evasion : searching for a theory of compliant behaviour / Neil Brooks & Anthony N. Doob. -- 4. Regulating traffic safety / Martin L. Friedland, Michael Trebilcock & Kent Roach. -- 5. Persuasion, penalties and prosecution : administrative v. criminal sanctions / Richard Brown & Murray Rankin. -- 6. The effect of environmental regulations : mercury and sulphur dioxide / Donald N. Dewees. -- 7. Family violence : a study in social and legal sanctions / John Hagan, Carol Rogerson & Bill McCarthy.
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