Green crime

Question 1

green crime

Answer 1

criminal activity which affects the environment in some way

Question 2

examples of green crime

Answer 2

• dumping toxic waste
• fly-tipping
• poaching and trafficing endangered species

Question 3

overlap between green crime and global organised crime

Answer 3

some offences are commited on a global scale by large criminal organisations

For example, Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster resulted in banning of sheep farming of parts of England and Wales

Question 4

Franko Aas

Answer 4

Found that like organised crime, green crime demonstrates the interception of local and global environmental harm

Question 5

Marxists like Potter would argue that ….

Answer 5

damage done by such activities far exceeds the damage done by ‘street crime’ eg state sanctioned activities often relate to the environment
- riots about biofuels

Question 6

green crimonologists argue that

Answer 6

crime should be considered in terms of ‘harm’ rather than ‘criminal’ activity
- millions of avoidable deaths are caused by preventable environmental problems like drinking water

Question 7

Potter

Answer 7

some of the poorest people suffer the most from environmental crime

Question 8

Carrabine et al classify green crimes into:

Answer 8

• primary green crimes- directly inflict crime on the environment
• Secondary green crime- actions commited as a response to commissioning of primary green crime