%0 Article %A Cochran, Joshua C. %E Lynch, Michael J. %E Toman, Elisa L. %D 2018 %G English %@ 1573-7799 %T Court Sentencing Patterns for Environmental Crimes: Is There a "Green" Gap in Punishment? %J Journal of quantitative criminology %V 34 %N 1 %P 37-66 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10940-016-9322-9 %X This study examines sentencing patterns for environmental crimes and tests the assumption that "green" offenders receive more lenient treatment from criminal courts than non-environmental offenders.