green crime Flashcards
what is green crime?
-actions that break laws protecting the environment
-may be illegal/not illegal in some countries/law changes overtime
what does a transgressive approach say
-any human action that causes environmental harm to people, animals plants whether its legal or not
exmaples of green crime
-pollution
-deforestation
-littering(illegal waste disposal)
-unregualted fishing
-illegal traficking endangered animals and plants
-contimnation of the land,water, supply
what is primary green crime
-crimes which result from the deliberate destruction and degradation of the earths resources
what do marxists say about green crime
-bussinesses want profit and fincial gain
-they exploit the workers
-but the factory workers also want a living
Features on the citarum river
-ecosystems affected e.g animals dying
-population cannot fish(food supply cut, contimanted water (get ill and rashes)
-factories dispose toxic waste whcih no ones watching
-In the Uk the law would be more enfocred e.g fines
how is the citraum river an exmaple of green crime
-animals/plants are damaged
-illegal waste disposal occurs
Features of the Biffa case
-fined 1.5m for exporting rubbish to india and indonesia
-more than 1,000 tonnes of household waste
-smell acidic aroma
-shipped banned materials to developing countries
-pollution/ damage to ecoS/illegal/unsafe
what is secondary green crime
-crimes which result in not following the rules or laws aimed at preventing environmental disasters
what is the first case study?
-deep water horizon
-marine oil spill caused by an explosion
-ignored warning signs of weaknesses in cement preventing gas escaping
-Bp was to blame they contunied drilling bc they wanted profits
what was the second case study?
-VW cars
-cheated emissoning test
-reduced emissons by 10-30 times when tests occured
-pleaded guilty were aware cars wouldnt pass the test
-sought to cheat the tests delibarate
problems defining green crime
-illegal in some places not all
-fish/plants cant report the crime
-impacts large scale (may become accpeted)
-law chnages overtime
what would transgressive approach say
-its harm to env not actions that break the law
problems measuring green crime?
-different laws- problmeatic when comapring crime stats
-different defintions- vary within country/researcher
-difficult to measure- done by govs who can have power to control their activities
-use of case studies - one off exmaples cant be generalised
who are the vicitims of green crime
-developing countries close to illegal dumpsites
-affects a community= large scale
-w/c or ethnic minority
-WOLF argues theirs env racism(those who suffer are non white causing it are white)
