A deadly consensus worker safety and regulatory degradation under new labour

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-65

  Tombs, Steve ^a   Whyte, David ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Deregulation; Enforcement; Health and safety; Neo liberalism; Regulation; Risk; Safety crimes

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749122943     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azp063     Document Type: Article

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