The Purpose of Corporate Homicide Liability

The political and ideological context of health and safety regulation has been discussed in the preceding chapter. A contemporary climate 

While the 19th-century resistance to regulation centred primarily on its economic consequences for workers, and the 20th-century resistance 

By contrast, prevailing media discourses portray health and safety regulation as a matter of red tape and unreasonable bureaucratic 

This extends into the political sphere as well as the public sphere. A good example of this is provided by the willingness of political leaders like David Cameron to endorse regulatory myths for political gain. Similarly, the Young Review (2010) featured both an appraisal of policy and an uncritical acceptance of many hotly disputed, or plainly 

Understanding true public attitudes towards work-related death 

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