Green crime Flashcards
Beck
New manufacturing resources allows for more damage to the environment and have consequences for humans
e.g manufacturing has led to global warming
South
Outlines 2 types of green crime
primary - crime that has a direct impact on the destruction of the earths resources
e.g deforestation
Secondary - crimes that are the result of laws trying to regulate environmental disasters
Globalisation
links to green crime as environmental crimes are global crimes, as they have an impact on the whole planet.
Hard to police
It can happen in an area where it is not illegal, but can affect an area where it is an illegal act.
Wolf - perpertraters of green crime
individuals - littering, fly tipping
Businesses - waste dumping, health and safety breaches
Governments - the military e.g bombs
Wolf - victims
Poor and ethnic minorities, as they do not have the resources to easily move away from areas where toxic material is being dumped