Green Criminology: Harm and Anthropocentric Perspective

Those in the developing world, poor and ethnic minorities

A large impact on the environment

Large corporations

<p>The military</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Organized crime often colludes with governments and industry through contracts for waste disposal.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>There is no agreed definition of green crime.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The long-term impact of green crime.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Much of the research is based on case studies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Looking at the wider definitions of crime, including the harm caused by crimes, not just the breaking of state laws.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Anthropocentric perspective focuses on harm to the environment that affects humans, while Ecocentric perspective considers harm to any aspect of the environment as harm to the whole.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because it damages human water supply or causes diseases that are expensive to overcome.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Environmental crimes are global crimes, and a crime in one location can have knock-on effects across the planet.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because an act can be done in one location and not be considered a crime, but have an impact on another location where the act is a crime, and it can be difficult to identify who is to blame.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An unauthorised act or omission that violates the law of a state or nation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Looking at patterns and causes of law breaking.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because it causes harm to an aspect of the environment, regardless of any specific human cost.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Acts such as illegal trade in wildlife, smuggling of ozone-depleting substances, illicit trade in hazardous waste, illegal, unreported fishing, and illegal logging and the associated trade in stolen timber.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Global ecosystem collapse</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pollution and excessive consumption.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sato &amp; Lindenmayer</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Green crimes have a significant and devastating impact on the environment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Green crimes have a wide scope, including illegal trade in wildlife, smuggling of ozone-depleting substances, and illegal logging.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because they have a significant and devastating impact on the environment and ecosystems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To understand the increasing scope of green crime and put it in perspective.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Zemiology</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are new, unknown in earlier days, and of a different order.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nuclear power</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Environmental problems affect everyone, regardless of social divisions like class, ethnicity, and gender.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Global risk society</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because environmental damage is global and does not affect specific races, classes, or countries.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Innovative political responses</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is truly global and transcends national boundaries.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The company was fined £46,250 and ordered to pay £50,000 towards the costs of the prosecution.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The protection of the environment is of utmost importance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Harms caused to living beings through the creation of environmental hazards existing at local and global levels.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any human activity that harms the environment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is a clear example of how important environmental damage is and the need for strong enforcement action against companies that breach environmental regulations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The company was fined and ordered to pay costs towards the prosecution.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because it can damage the environment and those who are a part of it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It emphasizes the importance of strong enforcement action against companies that breach environmental regulations.</p> Signup and view all the answers