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List of contents
1. The Theoretical Framework: Criminal Law, Manslaughter, the CPS, the Police, the HSE, and the Coronial Inquest. 2. The Development of Corporate Liability and the Scale of Corporate Risk-Taking. 3. The Legal Process (1): The Police, the CPS and the HSE. 4. The Legal Process (2): The Inquest. 5. Social Perceptions of the Dramatis Personae. 6. The Historical and Economic Context. 7. Legal, Criminological and Social Science Perspectives.
About the author
Gary Slapper
Summary
First published in 1999, this volume is based upon a detailed empirical study of 40 cases of commercially-related deaths - the first such English study - and demonstrates how and why potentially criminal behaviour at work is constructed as merely regulatory misbehaviour or even as no more than an unavoidable ‘accident’.
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’...the first study of its kind...’ The Independent ’...an important contribution to the discussion of how society treats the problem of work-related fatalities. It places these accidents, as they are often misleadingly called, in a social and historical context.’ World Socialist Web Site ’...a timely and useful introduction to the subject...contains interesting material and analysis.’ Health and Safety Bulletin ’...greatly appeal to the student with an interest in Criminal law...a most stimulating book and shall be extremely useful...a significant contribution to the debate on recognizing the charge of corporate manslaughter.’ Health and Safety at Work ’This study offers an important contribution to the debate over what is being done and what should be done about the high level of avoidable injuries and deaths at work.’ Safety and Health Practitioner ’...a valuable addition to our knowledge of attitudes to and perceptions of companies as criminals...’ Res Publica
