Existing laws fail to deal with the creeping and pervasive effects of
environmental crime. Sometimes communities, disabled by the damage they have
suffered, do not care to defend themselves. Christopher Williams’s Environmental
Victims looks for objective standards and definitions that will protect citizens
from victimisation. Published by Earthscan, £12.95, ISBN 1853835242.
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