rena steinzor mentioned they hate losing. they hate to bring a case to trial and lose and the great thing about this book and a bunch of other books i will mention that are being written now, this new wave of corporate crime activism is it is going to give them space to act. this book is a road map for prosecutors. the first thing, this book is the cornerstone for what i call a new wave movement to control corporate crime and it is in the context of a group of citizens academics reporters and activists moving together for the first time. the books that were written when we started corporate crime reporting. corporate crime in the pharmaceutical industry. and one called corporate predator. the first interview ever during that interview, rudy guiliani, why rudy guiliani? he was a republican u.s. attorney in new york, criminally prosecuting corporations as all launching pad to becoming mayor of new york. in indiana, prosecuted for lauder company for, side. republicans, conservatives approached by the families of dead teenage gir

rena steinzor, cambridge university press. make sure you get it, and thank you all very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> you are watching of tv, television for serious readers. you can watch any program you see here online at booktv.org. spent what is your day job? >> i'm a psychiatrist, medical school and i defy the time between treating patients, psychiatry and teaching medical students and residents. >> what made you go into psychiatry? >> good question. when i was in middle school school i was deciding between psychiatry and cardiology which is to very different fields. actual slang for -- so then as i was just getting to see patients and get into the nitty-gritty of being a doctor i found i really like the idea of talking to people and helping people for the problems in that way more so than the more mechanical sightreading heart disease. that's how it all unfolded. >> you're also an author now. what possessed you to write a book? >> this book that i've written is basically it's a memoir of my journey through medical tent the written through the lens of race.

let me tone it over to rena steinzor, the author of wow why not jail "a professor at the university of washington law school and long time, and now recently president for the center for reform. >> i really appreciate everybody coming. i see a lot of familiar faces, and that's -- makes me happy. i thank specially to rob who is doing a fabulous job leading an essential organization in really difficult times, and to russell, who really deserves a subscription to his newsletter, which is anything but dry and boring. and finally, the katherine jones, who greeted you at the door. she is the person that sort of set up the nuts and bolts of this event, and she is cpr's secret weapon. so i'm very grateful to her. i have a simple agenda for my 20 minutes, and that is to convince you that criminal prosecution of corporate managers and corporations themselves in the worst health, safety, and environmental cases, should be among our top priorities, as a nation and as a community. we should work in a concerted and relentless way to promote those kinds of prosecutions. on some level you all agree tha