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Environmental harm and environmental victims: scoping out a ‘green victimology'
In this paper I intend to discuss the adaptability of victimological study to the question of ‘environmental victimisation’. The impact on those affected by environment crime, or other environmentally damaging activities, is one that has received scarce attention in the mainstream victimological literature (see Williams, 1996). The role or position of such victims in criminal justice and/or other processes has likewise rarely been topic of academic debate. I have recently expanded upon various aspects of this subject and surrounding issues at greater length (Hall, 2013) but for the purposes of this article I wish to expand specifically on what a so-called ‘green victimology’ might look like, together with some of the particular questions and challenges it will face
Social Capital and Fire Service Performance: Evidence from the U.S. States
The present study evaluates whether areas with high levels of social capital are likely to have better fire service performance. Copyright (c) 2010 by the Southwestern Social Science Association.