Date of Award
8-1991
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Sociology
First Advisor
Dr. Ronald C. Kramer
Second Advisor
Dr. Susan Caulfield
Third Advisor
Dr. Paul Friday
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
The objectives of this research are (1) to identify the characteristics of the environmental law violations committed during the production of nuclear weapons, (2) to identify the historical forces and events which have contributed to those violations, and (3) to use data on the illegal acts of the nuclear weapons production complex to help adjudicate between a number of competing explanations of the causes of organizational crime.
This research, a qualitative, socio-historical case study, found that a historical and structural level of analysis is best equipped to explain the causes of the weapons production complex's criminality. The conclusion of this study is that the crimes of the weapons complex were caused by the interplay of historical exigencies and geo-political necessitations.
Recommended Citation
Kauzlarich, David, "State-Corporate Crime in the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Production Complex: A Case Study" (1991). Masters Theses. 992.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/992