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social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > crimes and offenses > environmental crime
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > social history of crime > crimes in America > environmental crime
... > social science subjects > sociology > social problems > social problems encyc > population and environment > environmental crime

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environmental crime  

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  • Environmental crime is among the most controversial categories of illicit activity within the parameters of defining social problems. Some scholars simply classify it as a form of white-collar crime, because the motivating factor behind committing such offenses is frequently financial gain. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Environmental Crime]

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