Thesis
Is environmental crime gendered?
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2010
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/100729
Abstract
Using the Environmental Protection Agency’s prosecution data from 1987-2002, this project explores the influence of gender on environmental crime. Results from comparison of means between males and females and Logistic Regression suggest that men are the majority of individuals prosecuted for environmental crimes, hold higher levels of organizational rank than women, and are less likely to be related to a codefendant. Men are more likely to be prosecuted for a hazardous waste offense and receive longer sentences of incarceration, while surprisingly women receive larger fines. The results suggest that environmental crime research needs to expand its focus beyond the organizational offender and address the critical factors found to influence individual offenders. I conclude with a discussion of the implications of a gender-gap in environmental crime and the need to connect environmental crime with the larger criminological literature.
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Details
- Title
- Is environmental crime gendered?
- Creators
- Joseph William Kremer
- Contributors
- Erik W. Johnson (Degree Supervisor)Jennifer Schwartz (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Sociology, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Pullman, Wash. :
- Identifiers
- 99900525199301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis