Organisation of Crime and Harm in the Construction Industry

Drawing on empirical work and secondary analysis from the UK and Finnish construction industries, this book contributes a deep-rooted analysis of construction industry harms that originate from corporate-industrial-state processes.

List of contents

Part I: State-Corporate Crime and Harm in Construction 1.Introduction to State-Corporate Crime and Harm in the Construction Industry 2.Theorising Crime and Harm in the Construction Industry 3.The Regulatory Environment(s) of the Construction Industry Part II: Vulnerabilities of the Construction Industry 4.Industry Patterns: Employment and Umbrella Companies 5.Labour Exploitation and Human Trafficking 6.Health and Safety Harms at Work: Towards a Contextual Framing Part III: Working Towards Solutions 7.Relational Regulation: The changing Regulatory Environment of the Construction Industry 8.Conclusions and Recommendations

About the author

Jon Davies is Lecturer in Criminology at The University of Manchester.
Hanna Maria Malik is University Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Turku, Finland.

Product details

• Authors: Jon Malik Davies, Davies Jon, Hanna Malik
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.08.2025
• EAN: 9780367766689
• ISBN: 978-0-367-76668-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Studies in Organised Crime
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Construction, Personal & public health, Politics & government, Organized crime, Political Economy, Construction industry, Sales & marketing, Politics and government, Legal aspects of criminology, Building construction & materials, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Sales and marketing, Personal and public health / health education, Occupational medicine, Building construction and materials, Criminology: legal aspects, Health & safety issues, Health and safety in the workplace, Public Health & Safety Law, Public health and safety law, Construction and heavy industry