1. Environmental victims : challenges for criminology and victimology in the 21st centuryMatthew Hall, 2011, review article Abstract: Purpose:
This paper addresses the issue of ‘environmental victimisation’ (harm to individuals suffered as a result of environmentally damaging activities) and asks what role criminologists in general and vicitmologists in particular will have to play as our understanding of the consequence of climate change and other environmental degradation develops still further.
Design/Methods/Approach:
The paper draws on a social harms approach to argue for an extended definition of such victimisation, beyond restrictive legal categories.
Findings:
Clear parallels are demonstrated between the subjects of ‘green criminology’ with more ‘mainstream’ victimological and criminological developments (in the academy and in policy making circles internationally). This demonstrates the relevance of ‘environmental harm’ to existing and long-standing debates talking place in both areas, including those concerning the nature of victimisation and the responsibilities of the state to those victimised. The argument is illustrated through a discussion of various classifications of environmental harm, including harm to health, security, the economy, social and cultural impacts and the unequal distribution of such impacts around the world and between different socioeconomic groups.
Practical implications:
The implications of the paper are that a great deal more research needs to be carried out by criminologists and victimologists on the subject of ‘environmental; harm’, and indeed these scholars are likely to be increasingly approached for views/data on this issue in the coming years. Such developments therefore need to be recognised by funding bodies, Universities and so on.
Keywords: environmental harm, critical criminology, victimisation, victimology, green crime
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2. Water crimes and policingKatja Eman, Saša Kuhar, Gorazd Meško, 2017, review article Abstract: Purpose:
Water is a crucial natural resource for the survival of the human and various other species. As a result, water is becoming more and more attractive to various economic and criminal groups. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to present crimes against water, the types of water crimes, an analysis of the situation in Slovenia and the police measures in the field of water security.
Methods:
The water crimes phenomenon was analysed by applying a descriptive method, literature review, statistical data analysis and information received from the police.
Findings:
Water crimes are an emerging global issue. Water crimes include diverse types of crimes ranging from the pilfering of water from pipelines, illegal waste management, water theft, river and marine pollution, manipulation of sampling methods to avoid treatment costs, fraud and illegal trafficking of water, terrorism and cyber-attacks on water management operations, illegal waste discharges from factories, and unauthorised consumption from the water network. Water crimes are hard to detect, investigate, prosecute and study. It is necessary for law enforcement officers to have knowledge related to water crimes – from natural and social sciences to other knowledge such as biology and chemistry. Further, they must have well-organised coordination and cooperation with other formal social control entities like inspectorates, institutes etc.
Originality/Value:
The paper presents water crime issues and makes an important contribution to the professional and general public with respect to the prevention and formal social control of water crime.
Keywords: water, water crime, environmental crime, police, policing
Published in DKUM: 15.04.2020; Views: 1017; Downloads: 74
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3. Rob White: Transnational environmental crime: toward an eco-global criminology : New York: Rutledge, 2011, 182 pp.Katja Eman, 2012, review, book review, critique Keywords: White, Rob: Transnational environmental crime, ogrožanje okolja, ekološka kriminaliteta, recenzije, ocene in poročila
Published in DKUM: 10.07.2015; Views: 2744; Downloads: 63
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