Global warming and state-corporate crime: The politicalization of global warming under the Bush administration

Crime, Law and Social Change

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 213-239

  Lynch, Michael J ^a   Burns, Ronald G ^b   Stretesky, Paul B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 78349309709     PISSN: 09254994     EISSN: 15730751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10611-010-9245-6     Document Type: Article

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