Disasters, hazards and law [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Mathieu Deflem

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, [Eng.], : Emerald, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Disciplina: 344.0534
• Soggetto topico: Social Science - General; Social Science - Criminology; Social Science - Violence in Society; Society & social sciences; Social services & welfare, criminology; Emergency management - Law and legislation; Disaster relief - Law and legislation
• Altri autori: DeflemMathieu
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : disasters and hazards in socio-legal studies / Mathieu Deflem -- Disaster myth or reality : developing a criminology of disaster / Bethany L. Brown -- 'Not only injurious to individuals, but dangerous to the state' : a theory of disaster crime / Susan S. Kuo -- Disaster, war, and drugs : policy levers and rebuilding communities / Megan Reid ... [et al.] -- Federalism, law, and the ethics of disaster evacuations / Tanya L. Settles -- Policing disasters : the role of police in the pre-disaster planning and post-disaster responses / Sean P. Varano, Joseph A. Schafer -- Transforming oil activism : from legal constraints to evidenciary opportunity / Sabrina McCormick -- Environmental policy for chemical pollution in Taiwan : the An-Shun plant case / Yungnane Yang -- The federal disaster : the failed logic of disaster prevention in New Orleans / Min Hee Go -- New Orleans : post-disaster dual dualism in labor markets and development / Aaron Schneider -- The prison city of New Orleans : law's responses to the disaster of Hurricane Katrina / Alicia J. Ferrara, Peter G. Stillman, Adelaide H. Villmoare -- Perceived risk, criminal victimization, and community integration : mental health in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita / Alexander Lu.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume deals with important social-science issues of law and legal control pertaining to disasters and hazards in a variety of contexts. The orientation of this volume is driven by relevant recent occurrences, such as hurricanes Katrina and Irene in the United States; the 2010 BP oil spill, and the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Thematically diverse within the province of the social and behavioral sciences related to law and law-related problems, the chapters in this volume are not restricted in terms of theoretical approach and methodological orientation. Topics addressed include: legal controls pertaining to disaster prevention, response, and mitigation; regulations and policies concerning hazardous conditions; and crime and the control thereof in post-disaster situations.
• Titolo autorizzato: Disasters, hazards and law
• ISBN: 1-283-73441-9; 1-78052-915-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910672003403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Sociology of crime, law, and deviance ; ; v. 17.