Safety crime

The academic concept of safety crime was termed by Tombs and Whyte in 2007 in their United Kingdom centric analysis of the legal regulation and punishment of workplace health and safety offences. Tombs and Whyte briefly define safety crime as "violations of law by employers that either do, or have the potential to, cause sudden death or injury as a result of work-related activities". These violations include a range of civil law and criminal law offences, such as strict liability and manslaughter, committed by corporations or natural persons. Considering that corporate crime can involve safety crime and other crimes congruent with the goals of legitimate organisations, like price fixing, safety crime can be viewed as a sub-category of corporate crime.

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