This text is based upon a detailed empirical study of 40 cases of commercially related deaths. The cases are taken from 20 towns and cities in England. The author critically examines the theory and practice of the legal responses to such deaths. The conduct of the Health and Safety Executive, the police, coroner, lawyers and the Crown Prosecution Service are analyzed in detail. The author executes his analysis in three stages: events are first scrutinized in the context of the law that governs them; the deaths and official responses are then considered in the context of the psychology of the decision-makers; and finally, the drams are looked at in a wider context of political economy. The rigorous approach and the use of empirical evidence leads the author to point to many weaknesses, anomolies and deficiencies in the way the law and machinery of the state respond to deaths at work.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis LTD
ISBN-13
9781840140798
eBay Product ID (ePID)
90115406
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Social Work, Criminal Law
Author
Gary Slapper
Publication Name
Blood in the Bank: Social and Legal Aspects of Death at Work