Abstract
An inadvertent bit of humor by a defense attorney provided one of major criminological motifs for the most serious violations of antitrust laws since time of their passage at turn of century. The defendants, including several vice presidents of General Electric Corporation and Westinghouse Electric Corporation—the two largest companies in heavy electrical equipment industry—stood somberly in a federal courtroom in Philadelphia on February 6, 1961. Edwin H. Sutherland was writing, of course, before antitrust violations in heavy electrical equipment industry became part of public record. In particular, antitrust cases provide researcher with a mass of raw data against which to test and to refine earlier hunches and hypotheses regarding white-collar crime. The antitrust violations in heavy electrical industry permit a re-evaluation of many of earlier speculations about white-collar crime.
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
