Law as last resort : prosecution decision-making in a regulatory agency / Keith Hawkins.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.

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Prosecution.

Prosecution -- Great Britain -- Decision making.

Industrial safety -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- Criminal provisions.

Independent regulatory commissions.

Part I. Formalities: 1. Themes, perspectives, questions

2. Organizing ideas

3. Pre-trial processes

Part II. Surround: 4. Decision-making environments

Part III. Field: 5. Formal structure and practice

6. Prosecution policy

7. Symbols and images

Part IV. 8. Enforcers' theories of compliance and punishment

9. The instrumental frame : will prosecution have an impact?

10. The organizational frame : the social construction of blame

12. The legal frame : can a case be made?

Part V. Reflection: 13. On prosecution, legal decision-making, and law.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [461]-473) and index.

0199243891

xxiv, 483 p. ; 23 cm