Green crime

• green crime 


  destructive or harmful activity impacting the environment
• White

  should be defined as:

  ‘any action that harms the physical environment and any of the creatures that live within it, even if no law has been technically broken.’

  cons - accused of bias and being engaged in subjective interpretation.
• Potter (2010)


  competition for scarce natural resources can lead to public unrest and disorder, eg. JustStopOil
• Carrabine et al (2004)


  primary and secondary crime

  1. direct impact on environment deliberately, eg. pollution
  2. the knock-on impacts, eg. state negligence
• Transgression Approach to green crime 


  look at bigger picture, not just laws.
• Beck - Risk society

  when technology advances, causes risks including the environment.
• Beck - Invisible Risk society 


  slow damage over time, we can’t see as consumers, eg. pollution
• Clean Air Act


  UK’s response to green crime
• Interpol - Wild animal trafficking

  • the 3rd largest illegal business in the world
  • it is a major threat to biodiversity
• Interpol

  a global network of police forces from 190 countries which claim to combat global crime
• South - types of green crime

  • Primary - direct harm the environment, eg. pollution
  • Secondary - crimes that arise from the exploitation of conditions that follow environmental damage, eg. illegal markets for food