GREEN CRIME

Question 1

What does green crime refer to

Answer 1

Any crime committed against the enviroment

Question 2

Outline primary and secondary crime identified by south

Answer 2

Primary green crime is not illegal under international law but causes significant damage to the enviroment. For example, air pollution and deforestation
Secondary green crime is illegal such as animal poaching

Question 3

What does beck argue regarding green crime

Answer 3

Back calls modern society as a ‘global risk society’, claiming that most threats to human well being and to the enviroment are man made. For example, the massive increase in technology and productivity creates manufactured goods such as air pollution from industry’s across the world

Question 4

Outline the notion of green criminology according to white

Answer 4

Rob White believes that any act that causes harm should be considered criminal. This is called zeminology which literally means the study of harms. White believes by moving away from th legal definition of crime we are able to distinguish a global perspective on environmental harm

Question 5

What are the two views of criminology in terms of the enviroment?

Answer 5

Traditional criminology refers to behaviour that is law breaking so if pollution is legal the act of which is legal also.

Green criminology regards any hard causes to humans on the enviroment

Question 6

Outline the TNC view of green crime

Answer 6

They apply a anthropocebtrux view of environmental harm whereby they put economic growth before the enviroment