Crimes Against Nature: Environmental Criminology and Ecological Justice

by White; Rob

• ISBN13: 9781843923619
• ISBN10: 1843923610
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2011-03-10
• Publisher: Willan

Summary

This is an exciting new text on the rapidly expanding subject of environmental criminology and ecological justice. It provides a systematic account and analysis of the key concerns of green criminology, written by one of the leading authorities in the field. The book draws upon the disciplines of environmental studies, environmental sociology and environmental management as well as criminology and socio-legal studies, and draws upon a wide range of examples of crimes against the environment - ranging from toxic waste, logging, wildlife smuggling, bio-piracy, the use and transport of ozone depleting substances through to illegal logging and fishing, water pollution and animal abuse.Crimes against Nature is divided into three parts.Part 1 sets out theoretical approaches and perspectives on the subjectPart 2 explores the (national and international) dimensions of environmental crime and the explanations for it, andPart 3 deals with the range of responses to environmental crime - environmental law enforcement, regulation, environmental crime prevention and the role of global institutions and movements.

Author Biography

Rob White is Professor of Sociology in the School of Sociology and Social Work at the University of Tasmania, Australia

Table of Contents

List of boxes, case studies and figures	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Green Theoretical Perspectives	p. 1
Criminology and environmental harm	p. 3
Introduction	p. 3
Environmental/green criminology	p. 6
Theoretical frameworks of environmental criminology	p. 14
Tasks of environmental criminology	p. 27
Conclusion: where to from here?	p. 30
Social constructions of environmental problems	p. 32
Introduction	p. 32
Social construction of environmental issues	p. 35
Media reporting on the environment	p. 41
Human interests and environmental problems	p. 46
Conclusion: where to from here?	p. 52
Environmental risk and the precautionary principle	p. 54
Introduction	p. 54
Dimensions of risk	p. 56
From risk to precaution	p. 64
Risk assessment and risk management	p. 71
Deliberative democracy and social participation	p. 77
Conclusion: where to from here?	p. 82
Environmental Crime	p. 85
Dimensions of environmental crime	p. 87
Introduction	p. 87
Defining environmental harm	p. 88
Categorising environmental harm	p. 92
Measuring crimes, measuring consequences	p. 103
Conclusion: where to from here?	p. 112
Transnational environmental crime	p. 115
Introduction	p. 115
The problem of waste	p. 116
Waste as a social phenomenon	p. 126
The problem of biodiversity	p. 133
Conclusion: where to from here?	p. 142
Explaining environmental harm	p. 144
Introduction	p. 144
Class and corporations	p. 145
Capitalism, population and technology	p. 149
Sustainable development and commodity production	p. 153
Resource colonisation and new market creation	p. 156
Privatisation, commodification and consumption	p. 161
Licit and illicit markets	p. 172
Conclusion: where to from here?	p. 176
Responding to Environmental Harm	p. 179
Environmental law enforcement	p. 181
Introduction	p. 181
Prosecuting environmental crime	p. 183
Limitations of criminal prosecution	p. 191
Policing and environmental law enforcement	p. 196
Conclusion: where to from here?	p. 207
Environmental regulation	p. 209
Introduction	p. 209
Systems and models of regulation	p. 210
Political context of environmental regulation	p. 217
Social power and environmental regulation	p. 228
Conclusion: where to from here?	p. 232
Environmental crime prevention	p. 234
Introduction	p. 234
Environmental crime prevention	p. 235
Harm associated with fishing	p. 241
Issues for environmental crime prevention	p. 251
Conclusion: where to from here?	p. 255
Global environmental issues and socio-legal intervention	p. 256
Introduction	p. 256
Global institutions and the neo-liberal agenda	p. 257
Working with and against the corporations	p. 265
Contesting the global commons	p. 268
Conclusion: where to from here?	p. 279
References	p. 282
Index	p. 302
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