Bücher der Reihe Green Criminology

This book uses empirical and theoretical arguments to discuss the multi-dimensional character of eco-global crime. It provides an overview of eco-global crimes and discusses them from a justice perspective.

Taking a broad approach, the book considers the killing and harming of animals in an international context and examines the effectiveness of current legislation, policy and sentencing. Including a section on further reading and useful organizations.

Widespread and significant forms of harm such as green or environmental harm have generally been overlooked by criminologists. This book argues that green harm needs to become a key area of study within the discipline of criminology and considers how the discipline can be redesigned.

This book provides an overview of the developments and problems in the field of transnational environmental crimes and harms, one of the most profitable and fastest growing areas of international criminal activity. The contributors consider a range of issues such as: global issues in green criminology; responses to transnational environmental crimes and harms; alternative methods to combat environmental crime; and specific types of crimes and criminological research. These topics are considered from the perspectives of enforcement, deterrence, compliance and emission trading schemes.

This book brings together different perspectives on the financial aspects of environmental crime and harm from a green criminological viewpoint.