05289nam 2200709 a 450 991081359750332120240516220443.01-5063-3868-21-4522-3225-30-7619-0036-51-4522-6336-1(CKB)2550000000105812(EBL)996503(OCoLC)809772047(SSID)ssj0000697344(PQKBManifestationID)12321388(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000697344(PQKBWorkID)10690176(PQKB)10145290(SSID)ssj0000737258(PQKBManifestationID)12325356(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000737258(PQKBWorkID)10783575(PQKB)11553147(MiAaPQ)EBC996503(OCoLC)808342404(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085203(EXLCZ)99255000000010581220120521d2000 fy| 0engur|||||||||||txtccrEnvironmental crime[electronic resource] the criminal justice system's role in protecting the environment /Yingyi Situ, David Emmons1st ed.Thousand Oaks, Calif. ;London SAGEc20001 online resource (xiv, 218 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-30692-3 0-7619-0037-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-209) and index.Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Approaches to Defining Crime; A Definition of Environmental Crime; The Extent of the Environmental Crisis; Toxic Waste; Pollution Violators; Water Quality; Air Pollution; Impacts of the Environmental Crisis; Human Impact; Economic Impact; Social and Psychological Impact; Public Opinion and the Environmental Crisis; Criminal Justice and the Environmental Crisis; Congress; The Executive Branch; Courts; State Governments; Summary; Emerging Legal Issues; The Erosion of Mens Rea; Prosecutorial Discretion; Search and Seizure; PreviewReview QuestionsChapter 2 - Criminal Law and The Environment; Understanding Criminal Law; Social Control; Social Engineering; The Differences Between Civil and Criminal Law; The Development of Environmental Law; An Overview of Key Environmental Criminal Laws; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; Clean Air Act; Toxic Substances Control Act; Federal Water Pollution Control Act and Amendments; Safe Drinking Water Act; Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; Refuse Act; Summary; Liability in Environmental CrimeKnowing OffensesNegligent Violations; Endangerment; Noncompliance With Permits, Self-Reporting, Inspection, and Fees; Summary; Civil and Other Criminal Sanctions; Environmental Criminal Law at the State Level; The Role of the States; State Variations; Key Legal Issues: Is Justice Strained?; Review Questions; Chapter 3 - Corporate Environmental Crime; Corporate Environmental Crime Defined; An Overview of Industrial Pollution; Toxic Dumping as a Corporate Way of Life: The Hooker Chemical Case; Hazards in the Workplace; Environmental Pollution in the Developing WorldExplaining Corporate Environmental CrimeMotivation; Opportunity; Law Enforcement; Conclusion; Review Questions; Chapter 4 - Organized Crime Against The Environment; Organized Crime Defined; Organized Crime and Hazardous Waste; Hazardous Waste Offenses as Group Crime; Group Crime; Interfirm Connections; Organized Crime in New Jersey; Explaining Organized Environmental Crime; Anomie; Differential Association; Cultural Transmission; Social Control; Review Questions; Chapter 5 - Environment Crime by The Government; Governmental Crime Against the Environment Defined; Crimes of CommissionNuclear Testing by the Atomic Energy CommissionDisposal of Hazardous Waste by the Military; Environmental Damage During Wartime Military Operations; The U.S. Department of Energy and Federal Weapons Production Facilities; Deforestation by the U.S. Forest Service; Crimes of Omission; The Departments of Energy and Defense at Weapons Production Facilities and Military Bases; The Environmental Protection Agency; The Government's Role in the Love Canal Disaster; Explaining Environmental Crime by the Government; Goal Attainment; Legal Doctrine; Institutional Capability to Enforce the LawReview QuestionsIn this book the authors define environmental crime and discuss the extent of the environmental crisis. They then explore the causes, investigation, prosecution and prevention of all types of environmental crime.Environmental lawUnited StatesCriminal provisionsOffenses against the environmentUnited StatesEnvironmental lawCriminal provisions.Offenses against the environment345.730242Situ Yingyi556631Emmons David1940-2009.1706064StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910813597503321Environmental crime4093251UNINA