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This volume deals with important social-science issues of law and legal control pertaining to disasters and hazards in a variety of contexts. The orientation of this volume is driven by relevant recent occurrences, such as hurricanes Katrina and Irene in the United States; the 2010 BP oil spill, and the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Thematically diverse within the province of the social and behavioral sciences related to law and law-related problems, the chapters in this volume are not restricted in terms of theoretical approach and methodological orientation. Topics addressed include: legal controls pertaining to disaster prevention, response, and mitigation; regulations and policies concerning hazardous conditions; and crime and the control thereof in post-disaster situations.
Price: $179.99
Pages: 300
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Imprint: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Series: Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance
Publication Date:
14 November 2012
ISBN: 9781780529141
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
LAW / General, Social law & Medical law, Social impact of disasters, Social welfare & social services
List of Contributors.
Introduction: Disasters and Hazards in Socio-Legal Studies.
Disaster Myth or Reality: Developing a Criminology of Disaster.
? “Not only Injurious to Individuals, but Dangerous to the State”: A Theory of Disaster Crime.
? Disaster, War, and Drugs: Policy Levers and Rebuilding Communities.
? Federalism, Law, and the Ethics of Disaster Evacuations.
Policing Disasters: The Role of Police in the Pre-Disaster Planning and Post-Disaster Responses.
Transforming Oil Activism: From Legal Constraints to Evidenciary Opportunity.
Environmental Policy for Chemical Pollution in Taiwan: The An-Shun Plant Case.
The Federal Disaster: The Failed Logic of Disaster Prevention in New Orleans.
New Orleans: Post-Disaster Dual Dualism in Labor Markets and Development.
The Prison City of New Orleans: Law's Responses to the Disaster of Hurricane Katrina.
Perceived Risk, Criminal Victimization, and Community Integration: Mental Health in the Aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Disasters, Hazards and Law.
Sociology of crime, law and deviance.
Sociology of crime, law and deviance.
Copyright page.