title: When is negligence a crime?
abstract: This article considers the crime of gross negligence manslaughter and explains how the criminal offence is based on the civil form of negligence, but where the negligence is very serious and involves a risk of death. It also considers the offence of corporate manslaughter.
authors.affiliation: Nottingham Law School, Nottingham.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Huxley-Binns
mesh_terms: D003416:Criminal Law; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009729:Nursing; D006113:United Kingdom