Energy Crime, Harm, and Problematic State Response in Colorado: A Case of the Fox Guarding the Hen House?

Critical Criminology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 561-577

  Opsal, Tara ^a   O’Connor Shelley, Tara ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 84908417306     PISSN: 12058629     EISSN: 15729877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10612-014-9255-2     Document Type: Article

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