RT Article
T1 Few and far between: understanding the role of the victim in federal environmental crime prosecutions in the United States
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 61
IS 5
SP 563
OP 584
A1 Jarrell, Melissa L. 1976-
A1 Ozymy, Joshua
A2 Ozymy, Joshua
LA English
YR 2014
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1853961450
AB Efforts to gather systematic data and undertake empirical studies on the extent of environmental crime, the magnitude of environmental victimization, and the punishment of environmental offenders in the United States remains elusive in the criminological literature. We take a novel approach to studying these gaps in the literature, by examining federal environmental crime prosecutions. While not all encompassing, this approach advances the literature by providing valuable insights into what types of human victimization occur, the role victims play in prosecutions, and how offenders are punished. What is the nature and extent of case-documented environmental victimization with regard to human victimization in the U.S. over the past decade? We address this question through a content analysis of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) criminal investigation cases, 2001-11. Out of 972 total criminal cases, we find that only 3 % of cases involve acute or identifiable victimization. Environmental crime victims, unless immediately harmed, are not likely to play a major role in environmental crime cases; thereby limiting potential political and public attention to victims of environmental crime.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 582-584
K1 Crime Victim
K1 Criminal Prosecution
K1 Environmental Crime
K1 Environmental Justice
K1 Environmental Protection Agency
DO 10.1007/s10611-014-9514-x