green crime

• What does green crime refer to?

  Crimes against the environment and animals
• What are examples of green crime?

  Pollution, deforestation, species decline
• What does Beck argue about global risk society?


  Most threats are man-made and global
• What are 'manufactured risks' according to Beck?


  Risks created by industrialization and technology
• What term does Beck use to describe late modern society?


  Global risk society
• What is the focus of green criminology?

  Examining harm rather than just legality
• How does traditional criminology view pollution?

  Only studies illegal pollution cases
• What is a criticism of traditional criminology?

  It accepts traditional definitions of green crime
• How does green criminology differ from traditional criminology?

  It examines a wider range of environmental harm
• What is the relationship between green criminology and Marxism?

  Both examine crimes of the powerful
• What view do nation-states and TNCs apply to environmental harm?

  Anthropocentric view prioritizing human interests
• What is the ecocentric view in green criminology?

  Humans and environment are interdependent
• What are the two types of green crime identified by South?

  Primary and secondary green crimes
• What are primary green crimes?

  Crimes from destruction of Earth's resources
• What are examples of primary green crimes?

  Air pollution, deforestation, species decline
• What are secondary green crimes?

  Not following environmental regulations
• What happened to the Greenpeace ship 'Rainbow Warrior' in 1985?

  It was bombed by the French secret service
• Why do businesses use eco-mafias for waste disposal?

  Legal disposal is too expensive
• How is illegal waste dumping often globalized?

  Western businesses ship waste to LEDCs
• What do eco-feminists believe about environmental harm?

  It parallels the exploitation of women
• What is environmental racism?

  Hazards are near poor and minority communities
• How does climate change relate to inequality?

  It exacerbates existing social inequalities