Harms of Powerful

Question 1

Industrial homicide

Answer 1

Corporations disregard their workers’ health and safety in the name of profit.

Question 2

Responses to Crime

Answer 2

Social empowerment.
Redistribution of social resources.
Antiracist and pro human rights.

Question 3

Radical Approach

Answer 3

1. A few people have most of the wealth and power.
2. The wealthy use their power and legal system to protect their
   dominance.
3. The criminal law reflects the interests of the powerful and not those of the general public.
4. Criminals are normal people who commit crime because of their circumstance.
5. A harsh criminal justice system will not reduce crime because it does not address the causes of crime, instead it will only worsen the lives of the marginalised.
6. The CJS must become fairer, and social and economic reform must occur.

Question 4

Zemiology

Answer 4

The ‘Violation of the criminal law’ - a whole range of harms will be ignored.

Question 5

Organised Ignorance

Answer 5

Ignoring institutional risks, the drive for profit, the rise of the corporate self - regulation, injustice and structural basis of corporate deaths.