1. Aims, assumptions and methods -- 2. The Victorian occupational health and safety offences -- 3. Inspection and investigation -- 4. Enforcement decisions and the construction of offences -- 5. Finding the charges proved: contested and uncontested cases -- 6. The sentencing framework -- 7. The dynamics of sentencing -- 8. Recent developments: countering pulverisation? -- 9. Conclusion: the contraints of the form of the criminal law
Summary
Reports on an empirically based study of the manner in which the Magistrates' Courts in Victoria construct occupational health and safety (OHS) issues when hearing prosecutions for offences under the Victorian OHS legislation