Why ordinary people comply with environmental laws: A structural model on normative and attitudinal determinants of illegal anti-ecological behaviour

Purpose. The aim of this study is to propose and test a comprehensive model of compliance with environmental law (EL). The legal and psychosocial peculiarities of environmental transgressions suggest that the nature and relative impact of the determinants of ordinary people's compliance with EL...

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Authors: Martín Marcos, Ana 1963- (Author) ; Hernández, Bernardo (Author) ; Frías Armenta, Martha (Author) ; Hess, Stephany (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
In: Legal and criminological psychology
Year: 2014, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 80-103
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