Native Americans and Social and Environmental Justice: Implications for Criminology

The article examines health and medical literature to explore the social, economic, and environmental injustices experienced by Native Americans. According to the authors, environmental injustice is defined as excluding minority groups from environmental decision-making or exposing the groups to env...

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Main Author: Lynch, Michael J. (Author)
Contributors: Stretesky, Paul B.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2011
In: Social justice
Year: 2011, Volume: 38, Issue: 3, Pages: 104-124
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Keywords:
Distributive Justice
Environmental Justice
Environmental policy > United States
Equality > United States
Native Americans > Economic conditions
Native Americans > Social conditions
SOCIAL injustice
Uranium mining
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Summary:The article examines health and medical literature to explore the social, economic, and environmental injustices experienced by Native Americans. According to the authors, environmental injustice is defined as excluding minority groups from environmental decision-making or exposing the groups to environmental hazards. Details are provided on the social and economic inequalities facing Native Americans, such as poverty, income unemployment, and a proximity to toxic hazards. In addition, information is provided on uranium mining and nuclear accidents that have impacted Native Americans.