Disasters, hazards, and law / edited by Mathieu Deflem, University of South Carolina, USA.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction : disasters and hazards in socio-legal studies -- Disaster myth or reality : developing a criminology of disaster / Bethany L. Brown -- "Not only injurious to individuals, but dangerous to the state" : a theory of disaster crime / Susan S. Kuo -- Disaster, war, and drugs : policy levers and rebuilding communities / Megan Reid [and others] -- Federalism, law, and the ethics of disaster evacuations / Tanya L. Settles -- Policing disasters : the role of police in the pre-disaster planning and post-disaster responses / Sean P. Varano and Joseph A. Schafer -- Transforming oil activism : from legal constraints to evidenciary opportunity / Sabrina McCormick -- Environmental policy for chemical pollution in Taiwan : the An-Shun plant case / Yungnane Yang -- The federal disaster : the failed logic of disaster prevention in New Orleans / Min Hee Go -- New Orleans : post-disaster dual dualism in labor markets and development / Aaron Schneider -- The prison city of New Orleans : law's responses to the disaster of Hurricane Katrina / Alicia J. Ferrara, Peter G. Stillman and Adelaide H. Villmoare -- Perceived risk, criminal victimization, and community integration : mental health in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita / Alexander Lu.