Rivers on Fire and Corporate Liars by Joshua Ozymy, Melissa J... - 9781978845992

Rivers on Fire and Corporate LiarsThe Monitoring and Sanctioning of U.S. Water Pollution Crimes\nAuthor(s): Joshua Ozymy, Melissa Jarrell Ozymy\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Rutgers University Press, United States\nImprint: Rutgers University Press\nISBN-13: 9781978845992, 978-1978845992\nSynopsis\nFor over four decades, the US federal government has undertaken efforts to police and prosecute environmental crimes to protect public health and the natural environment. Yet, we still know very little about how US federal agencies have monitored and sanctioned water pollution violations and if these actions actually deter crime. In Rivers on Fire and Corporate Liars, Joshua Ozymy and Melissa Jarrell Ozymy examined over one thousand federal water pollution investigations and prosecutions undertaken by the US EPA and Department of Justice from 1983 to 2023 to answer these questions. Their analysis provides the most comprehensive empirical examination to date of how the criminal enforcement .