Green Criminology: An Introduction to the Study of Environmental Harm

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of boxes
List of case vignettes
Acknowledgements
Introduction
	This book
	Looking to the future
Part I: Conceptual and methodological foundations
	1. Green criminology and environmental crime
		Introduction
		What is green criminology?
		Environmental crime and environmental harm
			Illegality – malum prohibitum
			Serious harm – malum in se
		Studying environmental harm
			‘Green’ types of environmental crime
			‘Brown’ types of environmental crime
		Perspectives within green criminology
		Systemic causes of environmental harm
			Humans are responsible
			Technology is responsible
			Population is responsible
			Capitalism is responsible
			Corporations are responsible
		Conclusion
		Discussion topics
		Further reading
	2. Eco-global criminology and transnational environmental crime
		Introduction
		Eco-global criminology
			Ecology
			Geography
			Crime and justice
		The contours of global capitalism
		Transnational environmental crime
		Horizon-scanning
		Conclusion
		Discussion topics
		Further reading
	3. Eco-justice and ecocide
		Introduction
		Green criminology and eco-justice
		Environmental justice, ecological justice and species justice
			Environmental justice
			Ecological justice
			Species justice
		Applying notions of justice
			Justice as fairness
			Justice as acknowledgement
			Justice as engagement
			Justice as functioning
		Ecocide
		Conclusion
		Discussion topics
		Further reading
	4. Dimensions of environmental crime
		Introduction
		Social construction of environmental harm
		Eco-philosophy and environmental issues
			Anthropocentric
			Biocentric
			Ecocentric
		Categorizing environmental harm
			Focal considerations
			Geographical considerations
			Locational considerations
			Temporal considerations
		Transference of harm across space and time
		Disasters and crime
		Conclusion
		Discussion topics
		Further reading
	5. Researching environmental harm
		Introduction
		The doing of research
		Global and local data collection
		Data collection sources
		The subjects of research
		Measuring environmental crime
			Value
				Extrinsic
				Intrinsic
			Scale
			Measuring harm
				Form of harm
				Wider effects of harm
				Characteristics of harm
		Conclusion
		Discussion topics
		Further reading
Part II: Transgression and victimization
	6. Climate change and social conflict
		Introduction
		Global warming and climate change
		Climate change, resources and social conflict
		Climate change and crime
		Climate change, ecocide and state-corporate crime
		Conclusion
		Discussion topics
		Further reading
	7. Abuse and harm to animals
		Introduction
		Animals and criminology
		The human categorization of animals
		Animal abuse and cruelty
		Wildlife crime and illegal trade in wildlife
		Animal rights and animal protection
		Conclusion
		Discussion topics
		Further reading
	8. Threats to biodiversity
		Introduction
		The nature and importance of biodiversity
		Bio-insecurity and the exploitation of nature
		Reductions in biodiversity
		Biodiversity, flex crops and GMOs
		Protecting biodiversity
		Conclusion
		Discussion topics
		Further reading
	9. Pollution and toxic waste
		Introduction
		Pollution of air, land and water
		Hazardous and toxic waste
		Environmental justice and toxic sites
		Resource extraction and pollution
		Conclusion
		Discussion topics
		Further reading
	10. Environmental victims
		Introduction
		Environmental victimology
		Humans and environmental victimization
		Eco-justice and non-human environmental victims
		Victim mobilization
		Conclusion
		Discussion topics
		Further reading
Part III: Intervention and prevention
	11. Environmental regulation
		Introduction
		Reasons for environmental regulation
		Models of environmental regulation
		Approaches to compliance and enforcement
		Self-regulation and Environmental Management Systems
		Limits and opportunities of regulation
		Conclusion
		Discussion topics
		Further reading
	12. Environmental law enforcement
		Introduction
		Environmental law enforcement
		Undertaking environmental law enforcement
		Networks and collaborative practices
		NGO engagement in environmental law enforcement
		Valuing environmental law enforcement
		Conclusion
		Discussion topics
		Further reading
	13. Environmental forensic studies
		Introduction
		Science, knowledge and uncertainty
		Environmental forensic science
			DNA testing
			Satellite surveillance
			Automated video monitoring
			Contamination forensics
		Environmental forensic studies
		Stake-holders and stake-holder discourses
		The politics of knowing and knowledge
		Evidence and investigation
		Conclusion
		Discussion topics
		Further reading
	14. Environmental courts
		Introduction
		Environmental crime and justice
		The value of environmental harm
		Specialist environmental courts
		Problem-solving methods
		Conclusion
		Discussion topics
		Further reading
	15. Environmental crime prevention
		Introduction
		Environmental crime prevention
		Dealing with illegal fishing
		Illegal wildlife trade and crime prevention
		Perpetrators and organized crime
		Dilemmas and issues for environmental crime prevention
			Defining the problem
			Prevention and precaution
			Tailoring the responses
			Problems of displacement
			Questions of agency
			Community crime prevention
			Politics of knowing
		Conclusion
		Discussion topics
		Further reading
Conclusion
Glossary
References
Index