| Safety Crimes Contributor(s): Tombs, Steve (Author), Whyte, Dave (Author) |
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ISBN: 1843920859 ISBN-13: 9781843920854 Publisher: Willan Publishing (UK) OUR PRICE: $31.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: Every year in the UK, hundreds of workers are killed while doing their jobs. Thousands more die of illnesses caused by their work. Tens of thousands suffer major injuries such as amputations, loss of sight, serious burns, etc. Worldwide, two million people are killed each year while working. Yet with the exception of high profile cases such as the gas leak at Bhopal, India, which killed tens of thousands, this crime wave fails to attract the interest of the politicians or the media. This book is concerned with crimes against worker health and safety, providing an account and analysis of this increasingly important field, and setting this within the broader context of corporate and white-collar crime. Safety Crimes uses case studies to illustrate key points and themes, including both the well known and high profile instances of safety crimes but also the larger number of routine deaths, injuries, ill health, prosecutions, and enforcement relationships. The book also makes use of a mass |
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| BISAC Categories: - True Crime - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 364.142 |
| LCCN: 2008297143 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.85 lbs) 272 pages |