Green crime

Question 1

Define green crime

Answer 1

action that harms physical environment and creatures live in it, even if no law broken.
E.g., animal cruelty, oil spills.

Question 2

According to Rob White what are the 2 main views of green crime?

Answer 2

Eco-centric- damage environment, damage to other species.

Anthropocentric: humans have right to exploit environment/ other species for own benefit.

Question 3

Example of green crime and globalisation.

Answer 3

Chernobyl

Power plant Ukraine exploded= nuclear disaster.

Radiation over thousands of miles.

31 dead, 1.8 million victims.

Question 4

Nigel South et al classified green crimes into primary and secondary, what is this?

Answer 4

Primary- harm inflicted on environment.

Secondary- crime from flouting rules that seek to regulate environmental disasters

Question 5

What are the 4 categories of primary green crimes that South identified?

Answer 5

• Air pollution.
• Deforestation.
• Species decline and animal rights.
• Water pollution.

Question 6

What are the 2 examples of secondary crime identified by South?

Answer 6

• State violence against oppositional groups (French bombed Greenpeace ship to prevent anti-nuclear campaigning activities).
• Hazardous waste/ organised crime (Mafia help organisations get around environmental laws).