Green Crime Flashcards
Green/environmental crime definition
Crimes/and or harms done to the environment, including animals
The planet is a ___eco-syetem
Single
What does Beck argue?
Most threats to human wellbeing and the eco-system are now human-made rather than natural disasters
What has the massive increase in productivity and technology created?
Manufactured risks, which are dangers we have never faced before. Many involve harm to the environment and consequences for humanity such as global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions from industry
What does Beck describe late modern society as?
Global risk society
Traditional criminology
Studies the patterns and causes of law breaking. If the pollution is legal, then not concerned with it
Green criminology
More of a radical approach, starting from the notion of harm rather than criminal law - zemiology
What does White argue about crime?
Its any action that harms the physical environment even if no law is broken
Advantages of traditional criminologist perspective
Analyses the patterns and causes of law breaking which could contribute to government data and allows trends and patterns to be observed to create prevention for these crimes
Disadvantages of traditional criminologists perspective
Fails to acknowledge the harm caused by breaking the law
Marxists would say they protect the ones who commit the crimes as they’re ruling class
Advantages of green criminologist perspective
Acknowledges the harm caused by crimes and rhe lasting affects as opposed to just caring about the crime itself - more humanitarian
Disadvantages of green criminologist perspective:
The concept of harm is subjective
Some of these things we need such as oil and gas
Anthropocentric
Human centered view that humans have a right to dominate nature putting economic growth before the environment
Ecocentric
Nature centered view that sees humans and their environment as interdependent, so that environmental harm hurts humans also
Who classifies primary & secondary green crime?
South
Primary green crime
Crimes that result directly from the destruction and degradation of earth’s resources
Examples of primary green crime:
Crimes of air pollution, deforestation, species decline and animal abuse, water pollution
Secondary green crime
Crimes that grow out of the breaking of rules aimed at preventing environmental disasters
Examples of secondary green crime:
State violence agaisnt oppositional groups
Hazardous waste and organised crime
