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Record Nr.

UNINA9910222226203321

Titolo

Toxic criminology : environment, law and the state in Canada / / edited by Susan C. Boyd, Dorothy E. Chunn and Robert Menzies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Halifax, N.S., : Fernwood, c2002

ISBN

1-4593-2266-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 p.)

Collana

Basics from Fernwood Publishing

Altri autori (Persone)

ChunnDorothy E <1943-> (Dorothy Ellen)

MenziesRobert J. <1951->

BoydSusan C. <1953->

Disciplina

363.7/00971

Soggetti

Environmental justice - Canada

Environmental degradation - Canada

Environmental policy - Canada

Environmental law - Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references: p. 113-126.

Sommario/riassunto

A wide range of perspectives on how Canadian criminal law, civil law, and policing strategies treat ecological transgressions are included in this introduction to the serious consequences of environmental crime, often perceived as an upper-class, "soft" crime.