Global warming is one of the most significant and difficult issues facing the world today. As result, researchers in a number of disciplines have directed their attention to addressing issues relevant to the study of and responses to global warming. This has been less true in the social sciences, and especially within specific social sciences such as criminology, in comparison to the physical sciences. Global warming does, however, have criminological and sociological relevance on several levels. This article examines one of those levels by exploring the politicalization of global warming under the Bush Administration, and addresses this issue as an example of state-corporate crime.Global warming is a contentious modern issue, and has been so for nearly two decades. Its boundaries and substance has been the subject of much political debate, and the science of global warming has often been overshadowed by the politics of global warming. It is precisely the politicalization of global warming that this article addresses. More specifically, we examine the cooperative political and corporate strategy that has characterized global warming policy under the G.W. Bush Administration. That policy has actively attempted to refute the science of global warming and install in its place economic and environmental policies that not only ignore but deny the views of the scientific community on climate change. Extensive details of this cooperative state-corporate anti-global warming strategy are provided below to illustrate not only the nature and wide-spread level of collusion between the Bush Administration and the corporate sector, but also to explore these activities as a form of state-corporate crime [51].In short, the rather simple goal of this research is to examine the politicalization of global warming under the Bush administration as an example of state-corporate Crime Law Soc Change (2010) 54:213-239 crime. In order to do so, we apply the definition of state-corporate crime rather than attempt to create a state-corporate crime theory.To facilitate our examination of the politicalization of global warming in the U.S. as a state-corporate crime, several background issues must first be explored. These issues include: evidence of the impact and extent of global warming, the science of global warming and a summary of international efforts to address global warming. This information is needed to establish the extent of scientific knowledge on global warming, and to highlight how this knowledge has been refuted and undermined by the Bush Administration and through collusive arrangements with the corporate sector. Following this introductory information, the literature on state-corporate crime is briefly reviewed. A detailed analysis of the politicalization of global warming under the Bush Administration follows. That information is divided into two parts: one highlighting internal Bush Administration policies and efforts, and an additional section focusing on corporate messages about global warming. Placing the harm of glob...
Purpose – Recent highly publicized acts of violence and shootings on campus have prompted numerous crime prevention suggestions including having an armed presence in the schools. The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of protective measures, policies, and school/neighborhood characteristics on school violence. Design/methodology/approach – The data used in this study were part of the School Survey on Crime and Safety collected in 2006. The dependent measures of school violence include reports of violence, threatened attack with a weapon, attack with weapon, and gun possession. The sample was divided into high schools and all other grades to consider differences in levels of school violence among grade levels in relation to various law enforcement security measures, school security measures, and school characteristics. Findings – Findings revealed mixed and often counterproductive results for law enforcement and school security efforts to control school violence. School characteristics, such as reports of bullying, location, and gang activity yielded numerous statistically significant findings. Policy recommendations and suggestions for future research are provided. Originality/value – This study differs from much of the previous literature, which typically examines student and administrator attitudes about victimization and crime prevention. The current study examines detailed information on the actual effects of school violence prevention efforts. Furthermore, this study moves beyond most other works (that typically focus on high schools) as it considers school safety approaches by different grade levels.
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