Green crime

Question 1

Nigel South defining green crime

Answer 1

crime against the environment

Question 2

beck- global risk society

Answer 2

risks in the modern era “man made”. eg global warming

Question 3

risk consciousness

Answer 3

increased anxieties among the population due to increased crime and movement of people

Question 4

traditional criminology

Answer 4

unauthorized act or omission that violates the law

Question 5

what theorist talks about “traditional criminology”

Answer 5

situ and emmons (2000)

Question 6

green criminology

Answer 6

notion of harm rather than criminal law. oversteps boundaries of traditional criminology- new areas.

Question 7

transgressive criminology

Answer 7

activities that cause harm rather than activities against the law.

Question 8

anthropocentric

Answer 8

humans have the right to dominate nature and put economic growth before the environment

Question 9

ecocentric

Answer 9

humans and environment are inderpendent- environmental harm hurts humans too

Question 10

types of green crime

Answer 10

air pollution
deforestation
species decline and animal rights
water pollution

Question 11

secondary crimes

Answer 11

flouting rules aimed at protecting the environment