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Climate Change from a Criminological Perspective by Rob White (auth.), Rob White (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Few would dispute the power of climate change to lead to profoundly destructive weather events. At the same time, the possibility of climate change as a consequence—or even a cause—of criminal events is far less recognized. As the earth grows warmer, issues regarding land use, water rights, bio-security, and food production and distribution will continue to have far-reaching impact, and produce more opportunity for offenses by individuals and groups as well as political and corporate entities. In Climate Change from a Criminological Perspective, a panel of pioneering green criminologists investigates an increasingly complex chain of ecological causes and effects. Illegal acts are analyzed as they contribute to environmental decline (e.g., wildlife poaching) or result from ecological distress (e.g., survival-related theft). Regulatory and other interventions are critiqued, concepts of environmental harm refined, and new research methodologies called for. And while individual events described are mainly local, the contributors keep the global picture, and substantial questions about human rights and social relationships, firmly in mind. Topics featured include: Global warming as corp

Who reads Climate Change from a Criminological Perspective?

Author

Rob White (auth.), Rob White (eds.)

Publisher

Springer-Verlag New York

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781280996481

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Law, Social Science