green crime Flashcards
What does Wolf say about green crime?
phrase “green crime” was first used in traditional criminology to describe actions that break laws protecting the environment.
What does Lynch and Stresky say about green crime?
suggest environmental or green criminology should adopt a more transgressive approach which goes beyond defining environmental crime simply as law-breaking.
What is the anthropocentric view?
humans have right tom dominate nature for their own benefit
What are some examples of green crime?
deforestation, logging in Amazon rainforest, air pollution caused by travelling and farming. Unregulated fishing, whaling
What happened in Chernobyl? -Case study
explosion of the number 4 reactor of Chernobyl power plant, involved more than 500,000 personnel and cost 68 billion
Who were the victims of Chernobyl? -Case study?
random Ukrainian civilians, 2 killed by debris, 28 by active radiation sickness and 15 cases of cancer.
What punishments were given to Chernobyl?-case study
director of Chernobyl site, was sentenced to 10 years but only served 5 years.
What does Beck say about global risk society?
application of science and technology allows humans to create risks, these risks impact world and local areas e.g.- contributions to global warming.
What does White say to support Beck?
caused by globalisation. E.g.- transnational corporations move manufacturing operations to global south to avoid pollution laws.
What are primary green crimes?
crimes resulting directly from the destruction and degradation of Earth’s resources.
What are secondary green crimes?
crimes generated by ignoring rules aimed at preventing/ regulating environmental disasters.
Who are the 4 perpetrators of green crime?
individuals
private businesses
states and governments
organized crime.
Who are the victims of green crimes?
Potter- those in developing countries most likely to be victims of green crime because they are unable to move away from areas where environmental crime takes place. E.g.- Bhopal gas leak, ppl could x leave
How could we explain green crimes through the Marxist perspective?
Wolf- individuals and companies are motivated to break environmental laws because crime pays. E.g.- disposing waste is not treated as bad as conventional crimes.
What do Marxists suggest most green crimes are?
example of what people called “crimes of the powerful”- corporate crimes caused by criminogenic nature of capitalism
What does White say to support the Marxist view of green crime?
corporations have an anthropocentric view of the world, wellbeing of citizens achieved through economic development at the expense of environment is justifiable.
What are some strengths of green crime?
recognizes growing importance of environmental issues and need to address harms and risks of environmental damage.
What are some weaknesses of green crime?
no agreed definition of green crime therefore how ca we measure impacts.
laws relating to enviroment are different amongst countries, rates are therefore socially constructed.
