Environmental law, crime, and justice
By: Ronald G. Burns, Michael J. Lynch, and Paul Stretesky.
Contributors: Lynch, Michael J.; Stretesky, Paul.
Publisher: LFB Scholarly Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781593322762
Subjects: Environmental law -- United States -- Criminal provisions; Offenses against the environment -- United States; Environmental policy -- United States; Environmental justice -- United States; Offenses against the environment
Description: "Environmental harms associated with pollution of the air, land, and water kill and injure more people than street crime on an annual and daily basis. Financially, the losses associated with environmental damage are enormous. Environmental Law, Crime, and Justice addresses these issues through providing an introduction to the study of environmental issues pertinent to the study of environmental crime, contemporary environmental law, environmental policy, and environmental justice. This book blends together areas that are often treated or studied individually or in isolation from one another. Designed for classroom use, Environmental Law, Crime, and Justice exposes readers to the variety of issues involved in the study of environmental law, crime and justice; illustrates the serious nature of these problems; and demonstrates how readers can and should become involved in studying environmental crime, law, and crime."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The scope of environmental harm and crime; title: Environmental theories : criticisms of free market approaches; title: The environmental movement and policy in the United States : organizing the EPA; title: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency : state and local law enforcement efforts; title: Environmental law in the United States : major EPA databases; title: Enforcing environmental laws and regulations in the end; title: An Overview of environmental crime investigation; title: Environmental crime data and its uses; title: Environmental justice; title: Environmental crime : challenges and expectations.