Speaking for the Dead: Coroners, Institutional Structures, and Risk Management

Based on interviews and ethnographic fieldwork, this dissertation shows how the Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario (OCC) – whose object is to speak for the dead to protect the living – is shaped by risk management priorities. It illustrates how the OCC, like many contemporary organizations, has...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leslie, Stanley Myles MacKenzie
Other Authors: Levi, Ron
Language:en_ca
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/31831