green crime PRINTED

transgressive approach

needs to be taken, as environmental damage often isn’t deemed a crime

white

environmental justice approaches are flawed, businesses try to suggest they are eco friendly but are too anthropocentric = if people have clean water it is fine

should be ecocentric = everything is interdependent, so requires equal care

south

primary green crime = air pollution, water pollution, deforestation

secondary green crime = violence against oppositional groups e.g. in 1985, french secret service blew up the greenpeace ship rainbow warrior, which was trying to stop nuclear weapons testing

hazardous waste = in italy there are ecomafias, which dump waste in the sea for cheap, shows problems of law enforcement in a globalised world, need more regulation, 3rd world countries lack legislation to prevent illegal dumping

beck

technology has created new manufactured risks e.g. heat waves destroying crops in russia causing famine in mozambique, leading to looting and riots, is globalised

evaluation

c = hard tp set out definition, is subjective and broad