Journal article
The resource boom's underbelly: Criminological impacts of mining development
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, Vol.44(3), pp.335-354
2011
Abstract
Australia is currently in the midst of a major resources boom. Resultant growing demands for labour in regional and remote areas have accelerated the recruitment of non-resident workers, mostly contractors, who work extended block rosters of 12-hour shifts and are accommodated in work camps, often adjacent to established mining towns. Serious social impacts of these practices, including violence and crime, have generally escaped industry, government and academic scrutiny. This paper highlights some of these impacts on affected regional communities and workers and argues that post-industrial mining regimes serve to mask and privatize these harms and risks, shifting them on to workers, families and communities.
Details
- Title
- The resource boom's underbelly: Criminological impacts of mining development
- Authors
- Kerry Carrington (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyRussell Hogg (Author) - University of New EnglandAlison McIntosh (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, Vol.44(3), pp.335-354
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd.
- DOI
- 10.1177/0004865811419068
- ISSN
- 1837-9273
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99651596602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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