OHS prosecutions: Do they deter other companies from offending?

Journal of Health, Safety and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 213-231

  Jamieson, S ^a   Reeve, B ^c   Schofield, T ^b   McCallum, R ^c  

^a Faculty of Economics and Business   (Australia)

^b Faculty of Health Sciences   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

General deterrence; OHS; Prosecutions; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956496373     PISSN: 08156409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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