{"product_id":"a-lesser-species-of-homicide-9781760800024","title":"A Lesser Species of Homicide","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere has been a dearth of longitudinal attention to the prosecution of 'road traffic deaths' in Australia and worldwide, surprising given more than 50 million people have died or been killed to date. Globally, the 'road toll' is estimated at 1.35 million per year. Almost all of those deaths are attributable to some form of human error. \u003cem\u003eA Lesser Species of Homicide\u003c\/em\u003e examines the shifting nexus where human error, fault, act or omission meet the question of criminal liability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first study of its kind in the world, Kerry King examines how parliaments, prosecutors, police and the courts have responded to deaths occasioned by the use of motor vehicles from the mid-twentieth century to the present, including the extent to which the community and judiciary have been prepared to label driving conduct culpable. She explores how wedded we are to the residual notion of 'accident', to speed, drink-driving, risk, masculinity and the broader driving culture, and how these have intersected with the tenets of intention, negligence, dangerousness and carelessness to affect judgments about drivers' conduct. Drawing on hundreds of cases, King carefully traces the construction of offences and case law while observing key emerging themes, including approaches to multiple fatalities, outcomes in cases involving vulnerable road users, the difficulties with prosecuting intoxicated drivers and, most importantly, trends in charging standards and sentencing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor rigour, one Australian jurisdiction, Western Australia, has been chosen as the site of inquiry, yet there is little evidence to suggest that the trends explored herein are peculiar or exceptional. The status quo elsewhere in Australia and overseas appears remarkably similar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Lesser Species of Homicide \u003c\/em\u003eseeks to explore how and why deaths on the road have been treated as a species apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Western Australia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781760800024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 466\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.04d","brand":"Kerry King","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38211911581877,"sku":"9781760800024","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_078cba95-0219-4ca1-858f-6b4e7c2f0194.jpg?v=1610432905","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-lesser-species-of-homicide-9781760800024","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}