RT Article
T1 Getting into deep water: coastal land loss and state–corporate crime in the louisiana bayou
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 58
IS 4
SP 864
OP 885
A1 Bisschop, Lieselot 1984-
A2 Strobl, Staci
A2 Viollaz, Julie S.
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1578399521
AB Isle de Jean Charles is disappearing into the sea. Taking a critical eye to explanations of coastal land loss that focus on climate change as the primary cause, this article illustrates the nuanced drivers of the harm and the ways in which major stakeholders describe it. This case is analysed within the context of coastal land loss in Southern Louisiana. The analysis pays attention to state, corporate and green-cultural crime elements, based on expert interviews, public documents, archival data and field visits. The findings suggest that the contribution of oil and gas extraction to the harm has been under-interrogated. Economic interests may have discouraged social and political actors from discussing or demanding state and corporate responsibility for coastal land loss.
K1  state–corporate crime
K1 environmental harm
K1 coastal land loss
K1 oil and gas industry
K1 green-cultural criminology
DO 10.1093/bjc/azx057