Overview
For many years, if businesses were caught dumping waste, it was treated more as a nuisance than as a crime; the common images of the criminal and the dumper were worlds apart. In Dangerous Ground, originally published in 1992, Donald J. Rebovich closes this perceptual gap, providing essential information about and analysis of hazardous waste crime and the hazardous waste criminal. This paperback edition includes new material, noting important changes since the book's original publication. Rebovich finds that the criminal dumper is usually an ordinary businessman. The author's research discovers that hazardous waste disposal crimes are more likely driven by the cost of legitimate disposal options, rather than by organized crime figures. It is also a world where one's criminal position is often determined by industry connections and personal relationships. Dangerous Ground places the criminal dumping culture in perspective by detailing the basics of hazardous waste generation, its legitimate disposal, government responses, and efforts to control illegal disposal. An epilogue concludes with an analysis of new threats to our environment posed by gas and oil drilling, declining federal prosecutions, progressive sentencing for offenders, and recommendations on how the global community can effectively address international environmental crime.
Full Product Details
Author: Donald J. Rebovich ,
Donald J. Rebovich ,
Donald J. Rebovich
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint: Routledge
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.226kg
ISBN: 9781412856010
ISBN 10: 1412856019
Pages: 182
Publication Date: 30 July 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
An all-inclusive assessment of the hazardous waste problem, from its beginnings to the contemporary problems of law enforcement and organized crime. --Jay Albanese, Niagara University
An all-inclusive assessment of the hazardous waste problem, from its beginnings to the contemporary problems of law enforcement and organized crime. </p> --Jay Albanese, Niagara University</p>
Author Information
Donald J. Rebovich is professor and chair of the Economic Crime and Justice Studies Program as well as executive director of the Center for Identity Management and Information Protection at Utica College, USA. In addition, he serves as assistant editor of Journal of Economic Crime Management.
