Taking market crime seriously

Abstract There has been a transformation in the number and scope of criminal laws relating to forms market misconduct. Surprisingly, however, this area law is not one that systematically explored recent writing about criminalisation. However, concepts such as white-collar crime, or financial which are widely used describe area, poorly defined offer little analytic clarity. This paper argues take crimes seriously it necessary focus on what distinctive markets misconduct form wrongdoing. allows us see whole identify certain common features based central institutional role played protecting them – notably ensuring competition, preventing exploitation, embedding trust. approach, then, can be means raising wider questions our understanding relationship between modern society should play regulating those markets.