Crime in the Coal Industry: Implications for Green Criminology and Treadmill of Production

Organization and Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 328-346

  Long, Michael A ^a   Stretesky, Paul B ^b   Lynch, Michael J ^c   Fenwick, Emily ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

coal; corporate crime; criminology; environment; green criminology; political economy; production; state crime; treadmill of production

Indexed keywords

COAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL THEORY; RESEARCH WORK; STATE ROLE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84867683467     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026612452266     Document Type: Article

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