عنوان

A critical analysis of victims' experiences and state responses to a corporate killing

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TLets727493

Title Proper

A critical analysis of victims' experiences and state responses to a corporate killing

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[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Snell, Katy M.

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Jamieson, J.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Liverpool John Moores University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2017

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

Body granting the degree

Liverpool John Moores University

Text preceding or following the note

2017

Text of Note

An explicit starting point for this research is to give a voice to the experiences of the victims of safety crime. The accounts of such victims are missing from the criminal justice arena and academia. This research will attempt, in part, to fill the gap in the following ways. First, the longstanding separation between safety crime and 'real' or 'traditional' crime is both reflected and institutionalised through state responses to the offences committed by corporations. This research offers a critical analysis of the social, legal and political obstacles that victims of safety crime face. Second, the effect of this process on secondary victims is examined. The deaths of their loved ones are, in the first instance, framed as 'accidental'. The families are an obstacle to the corporations, as they seek to hide or manipulate the truth in the pursuit of their innocence. This is enabled by legal and political processes, which make justice an almost impossible achievement. The thoughts of the families and the long-term impact this has on their lives is explored in detail. The final part of this research is focused on the aims, nature and success of the various groups created in response to the reaction of the criminal justice system following a corporate killing. The visibility of the corporate accountability movement, mounted from the late 1980s against the victimisation of workers, raises questions for future research. It concludes with a discussion of how this situation has altered and the potential site for change in the future. Safety crime in the UK and worldwide, is a regular occurrence, yet popularly and politically, safety crimes are comparatively invisible. Through the experiences of secondary victims, who are neither represented nor treated as real victims, this thesis offers an original contribution to the understanding of how this happens, the effects and the response.

HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology

Snell, Katy M.

Jamieson, J.

Liverpool John Moores University

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[Thesis]

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