Exploring Green Crime

Introducing the Legal, Social and Criminological Contexts of Environmental Harm
2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-31022-4
Verlag: Red Globe Press

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 611 g

This critical and cutting edge introduction to the key debates in green criminology shows readers how to approach environmental harm with a questioning mindset and demonstrates the contribution of criminologists towards solving global environmental concerns in the 21st century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hall, Matthew

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. What is 'Green Criminology' and why study it?.- 2. Environmental Degradation, Social Change and Crime.- 3. Environmental 'Crime': Conceptions, Limiations and Alternatives.- 4. The Corpotation and Environmental Harms.- 5. The State and the Environment: Crime, Harm and Responsibility.- 6. Responding to Environmental Harm: Policing, Enforcement and Sentencing.- 7. Environmental Victimisation.- 8. Exploring Environmental Rights.- 9. Exploring Green Crime and Wider Harms with Criminology.

Über Autor(innen)

Matthew Hall is Professor of Law and Criminal Justice and Head of Research for the Law School at the University of Lincoln, UK. He has pioneered research on environmental victimisation and the application of environmental justice principles in the criminal justice system at both national and international levels.