Environmental Crimes in UK Law
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Environmental crimes and green criminology in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is an environmentally vulnerable country, where environmental crimes are massive and common. However, the environmental crime prevention mechanism in the country is very weak, and tradit...
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The convergence of environmental crime with other serious crimes: Subtypes within the environmental crime continuum
The rising global scarcity of natural resources increasingly attracts transnational criminal organizations. Organized crime syndicates diversify into the lucrative business of tropical timber, enda...
- Sentencing for Environmental Crimes: The Impact of the Sentencing Council’s Guideline: R (on the application of the Environment Agency) v Lawrence [2020] EWCA Crim 1465
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Organization, operations, and success of environmental organized crime in Italy and India: A comparative analysis
Despite the devastating short- and long-term consequences of resource-related environmental crimes, rampant illegal soil and sand mining continues worldwide. In countries such as India and Italy, o...... ... LavorgnaUniversity of Southampton, UKAbstractDespite the devastating short- and long-term consequences of resource-related environmental crimes, rampant illegal soil and sand mining continues worldwide. In countries such as India and Italy, organized crime groups have emerged as prominent ... ...
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A sensory and visual approach for comprehending environmental victimization by the asbestos industry in Casale Monferrato
Although Europe has banned asbestos since 2005, many of the occupational and environmental harms perpetrated by the industry are still appearing. The aim of this paper is to present a new methodolo...... ... The aim of this paper is to present a new methodological technique to explore and map the social perception of these environmental crimes and harms. In particular, we ask: how do social actors feel about and interpret asbestos-related environmental crimes and harms? To answer this ... ...
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The role of blameworthiness in the federal probation sentencing of corporate environmental offenders
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the federal sentencing of organizational probation for environmental offenders using the focal concerns. Those organizations that are more blame...... ... measures of blameworthiness grounded in the focal concerns.Findings –The results showed that thoseorganizations convicted of environmental crimes received30%longer probation sentences than those not convicted of environmental crimes. However, additionalmeasurements of blameworthinessderived ... ...
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The interplay between environmental crime and corporate sustainability due diligence
Environmental crimes are a growing concern of today’s society, as are human rights violations committed by corporations. The European Union has defined both topics as legislative priorities and put...... ... sustainability duediligenceSeizing the opportunity to connect the dotsBeatriz AlbuquerqueNova School of Law, PortugalAbstractEnvironmental crimes are a growing concern of todays society, as are human rights violationscommitted by corporations. The European Union has dened both topics as ... ...
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Doing Justice to the Environment
This article examines some of the characteristic features of environmental offences, in particular the ways in which these offences and their treatment in the courts deviate from general principles...... ... Despite the fact that environmental offences are oftenlabelled as quasi-criminal, there has been long-standing ... offences or a general defence of due diligence forenvironmental crimes.Keywords Environmental crime; Strict liability; Causation; Magis-trates ... ...
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