rant and rave about how to cut down on crime and clean the streets, rarely, if ever, is there mention of corporate crime. Even though corporate crime costs an estimated $40 billion per year, the focus of all campaigns and public ocncerns is street crime. (Schmidt, 168) Since business crimes are committed by organizations, usually beaureaucracies, and are not obvious and because violations may become accepted practice in an industry, corporations have manged to minimize the attention direcyed at their exploits. Even when organizations are caught in illegal maneouvers, they usually manage to get away with a fine or warning from a commission or civil court, and are quickly freed. Some have said that the cost of corporate crimes may be quite high but at keast they are non violent crimes that do not hurt a!
             nybody. Yet, this could not be farther from the truth. According to Laureen Snider, "occupational accidents and illnesses are the third leadinf cause of deathi n Canada." (Kendall, 214) Overall, corporate crime is just as hurtful if not more so than any other form of crime, yet it is the crime that is least publicized or prosecuted.
             Research into the link between corporate crime and chracteristics of bureacracy is theoretically relevant in that, as corporate crime rates are expected to rise, it would be beneficial to discover the reasons behind corporate crime. If the state of beauracracy has any link to corporate crime, then reserach into that area may nelp create changes witihn the beauracratic structure so that this type of crime will be lessened. As well, within this context, since corporate
             crime causes such serious waves througout the community, any reserach into the area may help to bring about a mor
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