Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-301) and index.
Contents:
List of boxes, case studies and figures -- Preface -- pt. I. Green theoretical perspectives -- 1. Criminology and environmental harm -- Introduction -- Environmental/green criminology -- Theoretical frameworks of environmental criminology -- Tasks of environmental criminology -- Conclusion : where to from here? -- 2. Social constructions of environmental problems -- Introduction -- Social construction of environmental issues -- Media reporting on the environment -- Human interests and environmental problems -- Conclusion : where to from here? -- 3. Environmental risk and the precautionary principle -- Introduction -- Dimensions of risk -- From risk to precaution -- Risk assessment and risk management -- Deliberative democracy and social participation -- Conclusion : where to from here? -- pt. II. Environmental crime -- 4. Dimensions of environmental crime -- Introduction -- Defining environmental harm -- Categorising environmental harm -- Measuring crimes, measuring consequences -- Conclusion : where to from here? -- 5. Transnational environmental crime -- Introduction -- The problem of waste -- Waste as a social phenomenon -- The problem of biodiversity -- Conclusion : where to from here? -- 6. Explaining environmental harm -- Introduction -- Class and corporations -- Capitalism, population and technology -- Sustainable development and commodity production -- Resource colonisation and new market creation -- Privatisation, commodification and consumption -- Licit and illicit markets -- Conclusion : where to from here? -- pt. III. Responding to environmental harm -- 7. Environmental law enforcement -- Introduction -- Prosecuting environmental crime -- Limitations of criminal prosecution -- Policing and environmental law enforcement -- Conclusion : where to from here? -- 8. Environmental regulation -- Introduction -- Systems and models of regulation -- Political context of environmental regulation -- Social power and environmental regulation -- Conclusion : where to from here? -- 9. Environmental crime prevention -- Introduction -- Environmental crime prevention -- Harm associated with fishing -- Issues for environmental crime prevention -- Conclusion : where to from here? -- 10. Global environmental issues and socio-legal intervention -- Introduction -- Global institutions and the neo-liberal agenda -- Working with and against the corporations -- Contesting the global commons -- Conclusion : where to from here? -- References -- Index.
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