‘National Myth’ Of Non-Corrupt Britain [Video]

Afshin Rattansi goes underground on British corruption. David Whyte, professor in the Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology Department at the University of Liverpool, warns of a ‘national myth’ that Britain is not corrupt, saying there is widespread institutional corruption from politics to policing.

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An Example Of Corruption

“There has recently been a fierce debate on the failure of the government to ring-fence or protect police forces from public sector cuts, fuelled largely by the Police Federation. But where is the fierce debate on ring-fencing and providing adequate resources for state agencies that are supposed to protect us from predatory villains in the upper echelons of the social hierarchy? Where is the fierce debate about the apparently virulent outbreak of high-end corruption cases in the corporate sector? It is time we started to think more seriously about how to properly resource and re-invigorate the public agencies that protect us from corporate greed.” – David Whyte – The Conversation

corruptionDavid Whyte is a Reader in Sociology at the University of Liverpool where he teaches and researches subjects relate to criminal justice, political economy and the sociology of law. His specialist research interests are in state and corporate power and the regulation of crimes of the powerful. He is currently completing a long term project on corporate human rights violations funded by the British Academy and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. His most recent books are Counter Terrorism and State Political Violence (Routledge, 2013, co-edited with Scott Poynting), Regulatory Surrender (Institute of Employment Rights, 2010, co-authored with Steve Tombs) and Crimes of the Powerful (2009, Open University Press).

SF Source RT  March 2015

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