Criminal Control Strategies for Business Crime

The importance of building up confidence in the public sphere on one hand and the total separation of business law from criminal control on the other results into the very strategic use of tools of penal control in the sphere of trade. The main question of this essay that what strategies must guide the criminal law policy in the sphere of business given the principles governing commercial law. Based on this, it is argued that damage-based civil law responses can save us from harsh criminal law strategies. Aditionally, minimal criminalization and distinguishing our strategies in this field from the economic crimes can be viewed as important components of criminal law policy in this regard.