ABSTRACT
In the past two decades criminologists have seriously turned to the study of corporate illegality and other forms of white-collar crime. The call for closer examination of intraorganizational processes and their relationship to corporate illegality emerges in part from dissatisfaction with earlier research that examines the impact of extraorganizational pressures on various types of corporate offending. There are many studies that highlight the importance of both corporate culture and structure on crime. There are several broad categories of anticompetitive behaviors that are relevant for a theory. In the early years of monopoly capital, corporations sought to control their environments through mergers. Some theoretical perspectives explain etiology by emphasizing the flawed personality characteristics of corporate managers. Anomie theory postulates extraorganizational and internal sources of strain that motivate corporate representatives to substitute illegal for legal means. As strategic goals for the organization shift, the motivations for corporate crime reflect these adjustments.
