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BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY
Volume 40, Issue 1, Pages 112-126Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/40.1.112
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While criminologists focus a considerable amount of attention on issues relating to mime and the media, little consideration has been given to the news media's coverage of environmental crimes. Consequently, we examine the amount of news coverage devoted to corporate environmental crime in Hillsborough County, Florida for the years of 1987-97. Specifically, we investigate the frequency and content of reports of accidental chemical releases (ACRs) in the Tampa Tribune-the County's largest newspaper. We find that of the 878 chemical spills reported to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Emergency Response and Notification System (ERNS), nine made the news. We also discover that news reports appear to reflect public opinion concerning the nature of corporate crime.
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