Steve Tombs

Steve Tombs is Prof. of Criminology at the Open University and focuses on the incidence, nature and regulation of corporate and state crime and harm. Latterly, in these contexts, he has been researching events leading up to and following the Grenfell Tower fire.

Why we still don't know "the truth" about Grenfell

The media reporting of the Grenfell Inquiry’s Phase 1 findings shows the battle that lies ahead.

By David Whyte, Steve Tombs and Stuart Hodkinson

/ 31 Oct 2019

Why we still don't know "the truth" about Grenfell

One law for the poor at Grenfell Tower

In austerity Britain, can justice and accountability be served for the victims of the Grenfell fire? Or are our laws already too much shaped to the needs of the business class?

By David Whyte and Steve Tombs

/ 21 Jun 2017

'The unacceptable face of capitalism'? What the collapse of BHS shows us about the UK economy

In a deregulated financial market, Sir Philip Green's plundering of BHS is the rule, not the exception.

By Steve Tombs

/ 26 Jul 2016

Overburdened (once every forty years)

Yesterday's Queen's speech foregrounded a commitment to 'freeing up' Britain's businesses from health and safety legislation. But with Britain rapidly heading to the bottom of the OECD's national rankings for workplace safety, the effects of deregulation could be far from liberating.

By David Whyte and Steve Tombs

/ 10 May 2012