Green Crime
- Created by: Jacob Keyte
- Created on: 08-01-16 09:49
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- Green Crime
- Definition
- Green/ environmental crime are against the environment
- Threats to the eco-system are increasingly global rather then local
- Nuclear industries spread its chemicals into the air which can travel several miles, affecting people in different areas
- Global risk society and the environment
- Beck : improvements on technology has created new "manufactured risks"
- Many of these risks involve harm to the environment and humanity
- For example: Global warming caused by excess greenhouse gas created by industrious
- Many of these risks involve harm to the environment and humanity
- Beck : improvements on technology has created new "manufactured risks"
- Green Criminology
- Takes a more radical approach then traditional criminology
- White believes that criminology should relate to harm of the the environment or humans rather than if a law has been broken or not
- It is a from of transitiveness criminology
- Laws on green crime is different for different countries therefore a crime in one country may not a crime in another country
- This makes green crime situation
- The powerful, especially states are able to define what is a green crime and what isn't based on there own interest
- There are no global environmental laws which is where it falls down
- Laws on green crime is different for different countries therefore a crime in one country may not a crime in another country
- It is a from of transitiveness criminology
- Two views of harm
- Anthropocentric view sees human as having a right to demonstrate nature . States favor this
- Ecocentric view sees humans and environment as interdependent. Favored by green criminology
- Types of crime
- Primary crimes : crimes that result from the destruction of earths sources
- Secondary crime : crimes that grow out of the paths of preventing or regulating environmental crimes
- Evaluation
- Recognizes the growing harm being inflicted on the environment
- Focuses too much on border context of environment harm rather than green crime, which doubts the aims of the studies
- Critiques argue that this matter cannot be discussed objectively as it is about morals and values
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