Rob White's pioneering work in the establishment and growth of green
criminology has been part of a paradigm shift for the field of
criminology as it has moved to include crimes committed against the
environment. For the first time, this book brings together a selection
of White's essays that explore the theories, research approaches and
concepts that have been instrumental to our understanding of
environmental harm and eco-justice.
The book provides an additional foundation for scholarship that goes
beyond expression of opinion or immediate empirical finding; the
emphasis is on systematic analysis and theoretically informed
consideration of complex realities. It serves as a platform for further
debate and discussion of green criminology's theories, perspectives,
approaches and concepts and their application to specific sub-areas such
as environmental law enforcement, wildlife trafficking, pollution and
climate change. Its aim is not to provide answers, but to stimulate
further dedicated theoretical contemplation of environmental harms,
threats to biodiversity and extinction of species.
This is essential reading for all those engaged with green criminology,
as well as criminological theory, eco-justice and environment and
sustainability studies.
