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An introduction to green criminology & environmental justice /

A comprehensive introduction to green criminology, this book is a discussion of the relationship between mainstream criminal justice and green crimes. Focused on environmental harm within the context of criminal justice this book takes a global perspective and *Introduces students to different theor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nurse, Angus (Author)
Corporate Author: Sage Publications
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Sage, 2016.
Subjects:
Offenses against the environment.
Environmental justice.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: part I Introduction and Theory
  • 1.An Introduction to Green Criminological Theories
  • Introduction
  • Contextualizing Green Criminology
  • What is Green Criminology?
  • Environmental Criminology
  • Environmental Justice
  • Ecological Justice
  • The Purpose of Green Criminology: The Green and the Mainstream
  • Summary
  • Self-study Questions
  • 2.Species Justice: Animal Rights, Animal Abuse and Violence Towards Humans
  • Introduction
  • The Case for Animal Rights
  • Legal Rights, Legal Personhood and Animal Welfare Protections
  • Contemporary Animal Protection Law
  • The Link between Animal Abuse and Interpersonal Violence
  • The Progression Thesis and Domestic Violence
  • Summary
  • Self-study Questions
  • 3.The Causes of Environmental Crime and Criminality
  • Introduction
  • Protecting the Environment
  • Pollution and Waste Offences
  • Corporate Environmental Crime and the Criminal Entrepreneur
  • Note continued: Masculinities as a Cause of Environmental Crime
  • Summary
  • Self-study Questions
  • part II Environmental Crime as Global Crime
  • 4.The Future Protection of Wildlife: Resolving Wildlife Crime and Illegal Wildlife Trafficking
  • Introduction
  • Defining Wildlife Crime
  • The Politicization of Wildlife Laws
  • Problems of Wildlife Law Enforcement
  • Enforcement Options and Regulatory Approach
  • The Future Protection of Wildlife
  • Summary
  • Self-study Questions
  • 5.Regulating Environmental Harm: Environmental Crime and Governance
  • Introduction
  • Key Aspects of Environmental Law
  • Governance and Regulatory Compliance
  • Enforcing CER and Ethical Governance
  • Environmental Offences and Human Rights
  • Summary
  • Self-study Questions
  • 6.The Criminal Exploitation of Natural Resources
  • Introduction
  • The Oil and Gas Extraction Industries
  • The Illegal Timber Trade
  • Biopiracy: Contemporary Exploitation of Natural Resources
  • Summary
  • Note continued: Self-study Questions
  • 7.Climate Change and Environmental Damage
  • Introduction
  • Climate Change as a Cause of Crime
  • Sociocultural Perspectives and Climate Change Denial
  • Global Warming as Crime
  • Climate Change and the Courts
  • Summary
  • Self-study Questions
  • part III Policing, Prosecuting and Monitoring Environmental Crime
  • 8.The Green Movement: NGOs and Environmental Justice
  • Introduction
  • Environmental Citizenship
  • NGOs and Ideology
  • The Nature of Activism: NGOs as Agents of Social Change
  • Extreme Activism and the Criminalization of NGOs and Environmental Activists
  • Summary
  • Self-study Questions
  • 9.Investigating Environmental Crime
  • Introduction
  • Practical Green Policing
  • The Role of NGOs
  • The Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System (WEMS)
  • The Basel Convention and the Basel Network
  • The Quality of Justice
  • Summary
  • Self-study Questions
  • Note continued: 10.Repairing the Harm: Restorative Justice and Environmental Courts
  • Introduction
  • Understanding Restorative Justice
  • Restorative Justice and Criminal Justice
  • Applying Restorative Justice to Environmental Harm
  • Environmental Courts
  • Environmental Ombudsmen
  • Summary
  • Self-study Questions.