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31 Dalhousie L.J. 85 (2008)
Retribution, Restoration, and White-Collar Crime

handle is hein.journals/dalholwj31 and id is 87 raw text is: Katherine Beaty Chiste* Retribution, Restoration, and White-Collar Crime A restorative approach to criminality and conflict has been proposed in a number of common law jurisdictions in a variety of legal contexts, both civil and criminal, with an interesting exception: white-collar crime, which is discussed in an almost exclusively retributive vocabulary. This paper explores what a specifically restorative response to white-collar crime might look like, a response which above all else would seek to heal the harm the crime has done. In particular, the author looks at the possibilities for voluntary participation of victims and offenders; broad stakeholder inclusion and a focus on future relations rather than past offences-all necessary parts of a restorative encounter The author concludes that white-collar crime, by its nature, lends itself poorly to restoration. Corporate crime, however- that in which the corporation rather than the individual can be identified as an offender -presents a much better fit. Une approche ,, rsparatrice , de la criminalit6 et des diff6rends a 6 propos~e dans de nombreux ressorts de common law et dans divers contextes juridiques, tant civils que criminels, avec une exception intressante : la criminalit6 en col blanc, i propos de laquelle les discussions emploient quasi exclusivement un vocabulaire , punitif -. Cet article tente de d6terminer ce que pourrait 6tre une r~ponse spdcifiquement r~paratrice J la criminalit6 en col blanc, r~ponse qui chercherait avant toute chose A r~parer le mal caus6 par le crime. L'auteure examine en particulier les possibilitss de participation volontaire des victimes et des d~linquants, d'inclusion de tous les intervenants et les possibilit6s de mettre I'accent sur les futures relations plut6t que sur les infractions pass6es - autant d'6l6ments n6cessaires I une rencontre de r~conciliation. L'auteure arrive i la conclusion que la criminalit6 en col blanc, par sa nature m~me, ne se prate gu~re , la justice reparatrice. Par contre, la criminalit6 d'entreprises - les situations oc) il est possible de d6terminer que l'entreprise et non un individu est le d~linquant - offre de bien meilleures perspectives. * Katherine Beaty Chiste is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Management, University of Lethbridge, Alberta. She would like to thank the Journal's anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments. She would also like to acknowledge her Faculty's SEED grants for providing initial funding for this project, and to thank the University of Montana (Missoula) law librarians for their helpful input as well.

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