Green crime

Question 1

What does Beck say about late modern society

Answer 1

. can provide adequate resources for all however, productivity + technology = ‘manufactured risks’ (dangers not faced before)
. late modern society describes as ‘global risk society’

Question 2

How did Situ + Emmons define green crime (traditional criminology)

Answer 2

‘an unauthorised act or omission that violates the law’

Question 3

What does White say about green crime (Green criminology)

Answer 3

proper subject of criminology is any action that harms physical environment

Question 4

What are the two views of harm according to White

Answer 4

. Anthropocentric (human centred view) - human have rights to dominate nature for their own end
. Concentric view - human and their environment as interdependent

Question 5

What are the types of green crime according to South

Answer 5

. Primary green crime - ‘ crime that result directly from the destruction and degradation of the earth’s resources’
. Secondary green crime - grows out of the flouting of rules aimed at preventing or regulating environmental disaster

Question 6

What are the 4 main types of primary crime

Answer 6

. Crimes of air pollution
. Crimes of deforestation
. Crime of species decline + animal abuse
. Crime of water pollution

Question 7

What are the two examples of secondary crime

Answer 7

. State violence against oppositional groups
. hazardous waste and organised crime