Disasters, hazards and law
This volume deals with important social-science issues of law and legal control pertaining to disasters and hazards in a variety of contexts. The orientation of this volume is driven by relevant recent occurrences, such as hurricanes Katrina and Irene in the United States; the 2010 BP oil spill, and...
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| Other Authors | |
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Bingley, U.K. :
Emerald,
2012.
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| Series | Sociology of crime, law, and deviance ;
v. 17. |
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781780529158 |
| ISSN | 1521-6136 ; |
| DOI | 10.1108/S1521-6136(2012)17 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xii, 251 p.) : ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : disasters and hazards in socio-legal studies / Mathieu Deflem
- Disaster myth or reality : developing a criminology of disaster / Bethany L. Brown
- 'Not only injurious to individuals, but dangerous to the state' : a theory of disaster crime / Susan S. Kuo
- Disaster, war, and drugs : policy levers and rebuilding communities / Megan Reid ... [et al.]
- Federalism, law, and the ethics of disaster evacuations / Tanya L. Settles
- Policing disasters : the role of police in the pre-disaster planning and post-disaster responses / Sean P. Varano, Joseph A. Schafer
- Transforming oil activism : from legal constraints to evidenciary opportunity / Sabrina McCormick
- Environmental policy for chemical pollution in Taiwan : the An-Shun plant case / Yungnane Yang
- The federal disaster : the failed logic of disaster prevention in New Orleans / Min Hee Go
- New Orleans : post-disaster dual dualism in labor markets and development / Aaron Schneider
- The prison city of New Orleans : law's responses to the disaster of Hurricane Katrina / Alicia J. Ferrara, Peter G. Stillman, Adelaide H. Villmoare
- Perceived risk, criminal victimization, and community integration : mental health in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita / Alexander Lu.