green crime

Question 1

what is green crime?

Answer 1

-actions that break laws protecting the environment
-may be illegal/not illegal in some countries/law changes overtime

Question 2

what does a transgressive approach say

Answer 2

-any human action that causes environmental harm to people, animals plants whether its legal or not

Question 3

exmaples of green crime

Answer 3

-pollution
-deforestation
-littering(illegal waste disposal)
-unregualted fishing
-illegal traficking endangered animals and plants
-contimnation of the land,water, supply

Question 4

what is primary green crime

Answer 4

-crimes which result from the deliberate destruction and degradation of the earths resources

Question 5

what do marxists say about green crime

Answer 5

-bussinesses want profit and fincial gain
-they exploit the workers
-but the factory workers also want a living

Question 5

Features on the citarum river

Answer 5

-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

Question 6

how is the citraum river an exmaple of green crime

Answer 6

-animals/plants are damaged
-illegal waste disposal occurs

Question 7

Features of the Biffa case

Answer 7

-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

Question 8

what is secondary green crime

Answer 8

-crimes which result in not following the rules or laws aimed at preventing environmental disasters

Question 9

what is the first case study?

Answer 9

-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

Question 10

what was the second case study?

Answer 10

-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

Question 11

problems defining green crime

Answer 11

-illegal in some places not all
-fish/plants cant report the crime
-impacts large scale (may become accpeted)
-law chnages overtime

Question 12

what would transgressive approach say

Answer 12

-its harm to env not actions that break the law

Question 13

problems measuring green crime?

Answer 13

-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

Question 14

who are the vicitims of green crime

Answer 14

-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)