Global State And Green Crime Flashcards
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South 4 types of green crime primary
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- crime of air pollution
- crimes of deforestation
- crimes of species and decline
- crime of water pollution
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Crime of air pollution
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- burning fossil fuel carry 6b ton of carbon into atmospheric
- 2x as many die from air pollution and breathing problems
- criminal gov business consumer
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Crimes of deforestation
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- 1/5 worlds tropical rainforest has been destroyed 1960-90
- illegal logging war on drugs destroy crops contaminated water - state logging company
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Crimes of water pollution
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1/2 b people lack clean water 25m year die from contam
Marine pollution threaten 58% earths ocean deep water horizon Oli spill cause harm
5
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South type of secondary green crim
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- state violence against opposition groups
- hazordas waste and organised crime
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State violence against oppositional groups
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- state condemn terror whist use other illegal methods
- 1985 state secret service blew up green peace ship in New Zealand
- ship there to prevent greeen crime like French nuclear weapons testing in south pacific
7
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Hazardous waste
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- disposable of toxic waste is highly profitable, may do it because it is cheaper
- eco mafia Italy profit , golbal in nature like tsunami wash up illegal waste from Europe to Somalia
Illegal dump show issue law enforcement
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Traditional crim
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- not concerned with green - no law broke
- come about with international law reg about environmental
- stitu and em one environmental law as in athorised act / omission that violates the law
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White green crim
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- uses notion of harm
- any action that harms the physical nviroment no matter if law is broken
- better as it definition is beyond state law
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White two veiw
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- anthrpocentric - national state and transnational companies assume human rights dom nature and put economic growth with above all else
- eco centric environment also harm is , both vulnerable to exploitation
11
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Global risk and environment
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- ## crime such as Chernobyl show threat to nature often man made
12
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Beck late modern society
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- we can provide adequate resources for all
- due to this have manufactured risk such as green house gas
13
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Mozambique 2010
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- global nature of man made risk can cause crime - global heat Russia caused heat wave destroy grain belt
- shortage pushed up price impose ban
- 30% increas in bread price riot and looting
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Green and ward
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- state crime as deviant activity perpetrated by or with the complicity of state agents
- crime committed on behalf of of state in order to futher policy
- doesn’t include people who work for the state eg police officer
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The scale of state crime
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- enormous power harm budge scale
- green and ward - 262m murdered by gov during 20th century
