skip to main content
Language:
Search Limited to: Search Limited to: Resource type Show Results with: Show Results with: Search type Index

EXPLORING CHARGING AND SENTENCING PATTERNS IN U.S. CLEAN AIR ACT CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS

Natural resources journal, 2021-07, Vol.61 (2), p.229-252 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2021 University of New Mexico School of Law ;ISSN: 0028-0739 ;EISSN: 2640-2149

Full text available

Citations Cited by
  • Title:
    EXPLORING CHARGING AND SENTENCING PATTERNS IN U.S. CLEAN AIR ACT CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS
  • Author: Ozymy, Joshua ; Ozymy, Melissa Jarrell
  • Subjects: Air quality management ; Indictments ; Laws, regulations and rules ; Offenses against the environment ; Prosecution ; Remedies ; Remedies (Law)
  • Is Part Of: Natural resources journal, 2021-07, Vol.61 (2), p.229-252
  • Description: The institutionalization of criminal investigation and prosecution of companies and individuals that violate federal clean air laws has been ongoing for almost four decades. Yet our empirical understanding of how defendants are criminally prosecuted and sanctioned under the U.S. Clean Air Act is mostly unknown. Our goal is to analyze historical charging and sentencing patterns in Clean Air Act criminal prosecutions and show the broader themes that emerge over time. Through content analysis of all 2,588 criminal prosecutions resulting from U.S. EPA criminal investigations, 1983-2019, we select all 377 prosecutions focusing on Clean Air Act violations. Findings suggest that prosecutions focus on six primary themes: asbestos related crimes, vehicle emissions fraud, false reporting, renewable fuel credit fraud, negligent operations, and trade in restricted refrigerants. Defendants were cumulatively sentenced to roughly $3.6 billion in fines, 16,000 months of probation, and 7,600 months of incarceration.
  • Publisher: Regents of the University of New Mexico on behalf of its School of Law
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0028-0739
    EISSN: 2640-2149
  • Source: Freely Accessible Journals
Back to results list
Go to Previous pagePrevious Result  17 NextGo to Next page
INSPIRE LIBRARY - TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY (84-028) 37 755 057 Feedback
19 Nguyen Huu Tho St. Dist.7, HCM thuvien@tdtu.edu.vn

Copyright © 2017 INSPIRE LIBRARY - TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY

Searching Remote Databases, Please Wait