Environmental crime is a topic of growing international importance. This
book provides a general introduction and overview of this issue by
presenting key articles and source material in the emerging area of
green or environmental criminology.
The focus for the collection is environmental crime, itself an ambiguous
concept, and one that has been defined in the broadest terms to include
environmental harms of many different kinds. The articles and extracts
reprinted in this Reader span a wide range of concerns - from issues
of pollution, illegal disposal of waste and logging, through to
prosecution of specific environmental offences and crime prevention as
this pertains to trade in endangered species.
The book includes articles and extracts that challenge existing
conceptualisations of environmental crime and human rights, as well as
those that provide insight into what the 'greening' of research and
scholarship means for criminology as a field. The Reader draws upon work
from many different sources, and from many different disciplines and
perspectives.
The Reader is divided into three main sections: conceptualising
environmental crime; dynamics of environmental crime and environmental
law enforcement.
It is the most inclusive and up-to-date collection of its kind and will
be an essential resource for students, academics, policy-makers,
environmental managers, police, magistrates and others with a general
interest in environmental issues.
