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Author Gottschalk, Petter, 1950- author.

Title Detecting and investigating environmental crime : the case of Tjøme Island / Petter Gottschalk
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]

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Contents Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Theory of Crime Convenience -- Chapter 3 Vest Tank Case Stud -- Chapter 4 Tjme Island Case Study -- Chapter 5 White-Collar Attorneys -- Chapter 6 Attorney Defense Strategies -- Chapter 7 Tjme Investigation Start -- Chapter 8 Tjme Investigation Progress -- Chapter 9 Tjme Investigation Conclusion -- Chapter 10 Environmental Crime Perspectives -- Chapter 11 Private Internal Policing -- Chapter 12 CEO Crime Case Study -- Chapter 13 Conclusion
Summary This book discusses environmental crime and individual wrongdoing. It uses the theory of convenience throughout to examine financial motives, attractive opportunities, and personal willingness to explain deviant behavior. This book focusses primarily on the case study of the Island of Tjme in Norway, an attractive resort where building permits were repeatedly granted to rich people in a protected zone along the shoreline. This book investigates how these crimes were detected and investigated by police over a few years with the help of whistleblowers. It discusses the interplay between the potentially corrupt public officials, professionals like architects and attorneys, and rich individuals, as an interesting and challenging arena for law enforcement. It covers attorneys defense strategies, evaluates private internal policing, and provides insights for those investigating individuals involved in environmental crime. It also examines the Vest Tank toxic waste dumping case and the resulting explosion where unusually both the chairperson and the chief executive were successfully sentenced to prison because of environmental crime, unlike many other environmental crime cases where individuals avoid prison. The case studies are drawn from Norway to supplement more well-known case studies from the USA. Petter Gottschalk is Professor in the Department of Leadership and Organizational Behavior at BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo, Norway. Dr. Gottschalk has published extensively on fraud examination, white-collar crime, and knowledge management. He has held Chief Executive positions in industry
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 14, 2021)
Subject Offenses against the environment.
Offenses against the environment -- Psychological aspects
Corporations -- Corrupt practices.
Environmental responsibility.
Corporations -- Corrupt practices
Environmental responsibility
Offenses against the environment
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783030741846
3030741842