The Westray Mine Incident: Corporate Violence and Governmental Crime as the Roots of Disaster

This paper addresses the catastrophic Westray mine disaster that rocked the East Coast of Canada in Plymouth, Nova Scotia, in May 1992 and outlines the causes and factors of the deadly explosion that resulted in the death of 26 miners. From a perspective of white-collar crime, particularly governmen...

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1. VerfasserIn: Hughes, Melissa (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2015
In:Jahr: 2015
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