Rivers on Fire and Corporate Liars

The Monitoring and Sanctioning of U.S. Water Pollution Crimes

von Joshua Ozymy, Melissa Jarrell Ozymy

202 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

For over four decades, the US federal government has undertaken efforts to police and prosecute environmental crimes to protect public health and the natural environment. Yet, we still know very little about how US federal agencies have monitored and sanctioned water pollution violations and if these actions actually deter crime. In Rivers on Fire and Corporate Liars, Joshua Ozymy and Melissa Jarrell Ozymy examined over one thousand federal water pollution investigations and prosecutions undertaken by the US EPA and Department of Justice from 1983 to 2023 to answer these questions. Their analysis provides the most comprehensive empirical examination to date of how the criminal enforcement of water pollution has evolved over time, patterns in prosecutions, and how criminals were sanctioned.

• Reihe: Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Politik und Staat Korruption in Politik, Regierung und Gesellschaft
• ISBN: 9781978845985
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 13.05.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Rutgers University Press