RT Article
T1 Environmental crime prosecutions in Ireland, 2004–2014
JF International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice
VO 43
IS 4
SP 277
OP 293
A1 Lynch, Michael J.
A2 Long, Michael A.
A2 Stretesky, Paul B. 1967-
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1754724310
AB Despite increased interest in environmental crime and green criminology, few studies address the use of criminal penalties in response to environmental crimes. A handful of published examples employ data from the United States or the Flanders court system, and little is known about how other nations punish environmental violations. Addressing this issue, the current study examined the use of criminal environmental penalties in Ireland from 2004 to 2014. Few criminal environmental cases (N = 147) and few environmental offenders (N = 154) were represented in these data over time. Consistent with the expectations of green/environmental crime researchers, mean penalties for environmental violations, which in Ireland only include fines and investigative cost recovery penalties, were rather small. Unlike in the US or Flanders, the majority of offenders were corporate offenders as opposed to individuals. Contextual factors related to Ireland’s economy, history and use of criminal sanctions should be used to interpret these factors, and prevent generalising from these data.
K1 Environmental crimes
K1 Ireland
K1 environmental enforcement
K1 environmental punishment
K1 environmental social control
K1 Green Criminology
DO 10.1080/01924036.2019.1615520