SOC208H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Environmental Crime
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Manufacturing offenses: the motivation for the offense is not to impose harm on others but rather to gain a financial advantage. Environmental pollution has concentrated on organizational and industrial sources of pollution. A legitimate business produces some type of toxic waste that is supposed to handle and dispose of in a particular manner. However, instead of doing that, the company disposes of the waste illegally in some other way environmental crime criminal penalties may be levied when loss of life results from a wrongful act. The enforcement system is an integral part of the opportunity structure for. Seaman"s manslaughter is a special type of manslaughter charge in which related to misconduct, negligence, or inattention to duties by (cid:498)captains, engineers, pilots or other persons(cid:499) Evidence suggests that firms too often fail to properly warn employees about hazardous conditions and neglect to train or equip them to safely negotiate the workplace.
