scholarly journals Illegal dumping and crime prevention: A case study of Ash Road, Liverpool Council

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penny Crofts ◽  
Tara Morris ◽  
Kim Wells ◽  
Alicia Powell
Keyword(s):  
Crime Prevention ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
Illegal Dumping ◽  
Illegal Waste Disposal ◽  
Illegal Waste ◽  
Sydney Australia

Illegal waste disposal is an increasingly significant and costly problem. This paper considers a specific hot-spot for illegal dumping in Sydney, Australia from criminological perspectives. We contribute to the developing criminological literature that considers environmental harms as a crime. This draws upon the symbolic aspect of criminal law, contributing to the notion of environmental harms as wrongs worthy of sanction, and facilitates analysis through the prism of criminological literature. We apply theories of crime prevention to the site and argue that these techniques of crime prevention would be cheaper and more effective long-term than current council responses of simply reacting to dumping after it has occurred.

Victims in the ‘Land of Fires’: Illegal Waste Disposal in the Campania Region, Italy

2016 ◽  
pp. 45-73
Author(s):  
Anna Rita Germani ◽  
Giacomo D’Alisa ◽  
Pasquale Marcello Falcone ◽  
Piergiuseppe Morone
Keyword(s):  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Campania Region ◽  
Illegal Waste Disposal ◽  
Illegal Waste

scholarly journals Asking Sensitive Questions Using the Randomized Response Approach in Public Health Research: An Empirical Study on the Factors of Illegal Waste Disposal

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy Chong ◽  
Amanda Chu ◽  
Mike So ◽  
Ray Chung
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Randomized Response ◽  
Sensitive Questions ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Illegal Waste Disposal ◽  
Illegal Waste

A survey study is a research method commonly used to quantify population characteristics in biostatistics and public health research, two fields that often involve sensitive questions. However, if answering sensitive questions could cause social undesirability, respondents may not provide honest responses to questions that are asked directly. To mitigate the response distortion arising from dishonest answers to sensitive questions, the randomized response technique (RRT) is a useful and effective statistical method. However, research has seldom addressed how to apply the RRT in public health research using an online survey with multiple sensitive questions. Thus, we help fill this research gap by employing an innovative unrelated question design method. To illustrate how the RRT can be implemented in a multivariate analysis setting, we conducted a survey study to examine the factors affecting the intention of illegal waste disposal. This study demonstrates an application of the RRT to investigate the factors affecting people’s intention of illegal waste disposal. The potential factors of the intention were adopted from the theory of planned behavior and the general deterrence theory, and a self-administered online questionnaire was employed to collect data. Using the RRT, a covariance matrix was extracted for examining the hypothesized model via structural equation modeling. The survey results show that people’s attitude toward the behavior and their perceived behavioral control significantly positively affect their intention. This paper is useful for showing researchers and policymakers how to conduct surveys in environmental or public health related research that involves multiple sensitive questions.

scholarly journals ‘Rules of the game’ in cross-border cooperation: legal-administrative differences in Finnish–Russian crime prevention

2016 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 354-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna-Liisa Heusala ◽  
Jarmo Koistinen
Keyword(s):  
Crime Prevention ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Political Commitment ◽  
Dominant Form ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

The article illuminates the dynamics of bilateral cross-border cooperation between two vastly different legal-administrative partners. The analysis utilizes empirical findings of a case study on bilateral Finnish–Russian crime prevention cooperation. Currently, both the differences in national legislations and the fast-changing administrative environment make this cooperation challenging. The case study showed that bilateral cooperation, which is the dominant form of cooperation between EU member states and Russia, is currently affected by disjointed and even competing multilateral and bilateral structures, differences in criminal law and procedure, gaps between international treaties and national legislation, local and regional variations of practices, weak institutional trust and abrupt policy changes. The results indicate that the effectiveness of cross-border networks cannot be assessed strictly in terms of quantitative outcomes. Further long-term development of the cooperation requires both realistic understanding of legal-administrative constraints and strong commitment at the national and supranational political levels. Points for practitioners Future long-term development of cross-border crime prevention cooperation between EU member countries and the Russian Federation requires more flexible crime prevention instruments and institutionalization of joint investigation teams. The optimal model in joint criminal investigations with Russian authorities could be one where the evidence of the protocol of the preliminary investigation could be acquired through direct regional connections between authorities. In practice, this requires a much stronger practical trust between different levels of authorities in the EU member countries and the Russian Federation, reconciliation of differences in national legislations and long-term political commitment at the highest level.

scholarly journals Environmental Pollution from Illegal Waste Disposal and Health Effects: A Review on the “Triangle of Death”

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 1216-1236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Triassi ◽  
Rossella Alfano ◽  
Maddalena Illario ◽  
Antonio Nardone ◽  
Oreste Caporale ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Illegal Waste Disposal ◽  
Illegal Waste

Europe: Illegal waste disposal repercussions

The Lancet ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 340 (8818) ◽  
pp. 541-542
Author(s):  
Arthur Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Illegal Waste Disposal ◽  
Illegal Waste
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