Abstract
The sinking of the Herald of Free Enterprise, the Piper Alpha oil-rig disaster, the King’s Cross fire, the M1 plane crash, the train crashes at Purley, Glasgow and Clapham, and the disaster at Hillsborough — events like these, caused by accident or neglect rather than by sabotage — have been all too frequent in the last few years. They are always followed by demands for an inquiry into causes and for the identification of anyone responsible for the failure of health and safety precautions.
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Box, S. (1987) Recession, Crime and Punishment (Macmillan).
Carson, W.G. (1970) ‘White Collar Crime and the Enforcement of Factory Legislation’, Brit. J. of Crimin. 10.
Chibnall, S. (1977) Law and Order News (Tavistock).
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© 1991 David Barrat, Chris Brown, Tony Cole, Peter de la Cour, David Cutler and Karim Murji, Roger Gomm, Patrick McNeill
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McNeill, P. (1991). Accidents can Happen. In: Society Today 2. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12065-9_42
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