Transnational Environmental Crime: Toward an Eco-global Criminology

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Crime & criminology

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Wordery

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Taylor & francis

Transnational Environmental Crime: Toward an Eco-global Criminology : Willan : 9781843928034 : 1843928035 : 10 May 2011 : This book provides a comprehensive introduction to and overview of eco-global criminology. Eco-global criminology refers to a criminological approach that is informed by ecological considerations and by a critical analysis that is global in scale and perspective. Based upon eco-justice conceptions of harm, it focuses on transgressions against environments, non-human species and humans. At the centre of eco-global criminology is analysis of transnational environmental crime. This includes crimes related to pollution (of air, water and land) and crimes against wildlife (including illegal trade in ivory as well as live animals). It also includes those harms that pose threats to the environment more generally (such as global warming). In addressing these issues, the book deals with topics such as the conceptualization of environmental crime or harm, the researching of

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