green crime Flashcards
1
Q
BECK - ‘global risk society’
A
- argues most threats to human/eco system are human made
- increase in productivity/technology have created new risks in late modern society
- serious consequences for the environment - climate change
- risks are on a global scale - not local
2
Q
SOUTH - environmental racism
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- environmental discrimination
- the people suffering the worst effects of environmental damage are usually poor people
- developing world faces far greater risks
- receive little help from the west and big companies
3
Q
SOUTH - primary green crime
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- directly harms the environment and its members
e.g. air pollution, deforestation, species/animal rights, water pollution
4
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SOUTH - secondary green crime
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- disobeying rules that seek to regulate environmental disasters
e.g. nuclear weapons, toxic waste, 28,500 barrels of radioactive waste lie on channel islands
