Criminal redress in cases of environmental victimization: a defence

In recent years, growing concern has been voiced in the environmental justice literature regarding the ability of criminal justice mechanisms to adequately address environmental harms, especially when such harms are perpetrated by large corporations. Commentators argue that criminal justice processe...

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Main Author: Hall, Matthew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: International review of victimology
Year: 2017, Volume: 23, Issue: 2, Pages: 203-223
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