The Role of the Judiciary in Occupational Health and Safety Prosecutions: Institutional Processes and the Production of Deterrence

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 688-706

  McCallum, Ron ^a   Schofield, Toni ^a   Reeve, Belinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

deterrence; institutional process; judiciary judges; occupational health and safety prosecutions; sentencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869073575     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: 14729296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022185612454956     Document Type: Article

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