Criminal sanctions for agricultural violations of the Clean Water Act

Water Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 491-514

  Cory, Dennis C ^a   Germani, Anna Rita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Criminal sanctions; Enforcement; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036447131     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1366-7017(02)00033-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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