ABSTRACT
Criminology is seeing the rapid development of critical thinking around green issues, producing case studies and theory that meet and interweave with aspects of philosophy, political science, sociology, economics and the environmental sciences. This is reflected in the growing body of published work on ‘Green criminology’, to which this volume will make a significant international contribution. In this essay, I will briefly outline some of the history and agenda of this ‘new’ green criminology so far, but I also aim to illustrate that – unsurprisingly – this is a body of research building upon some familiar criminological foundations. As examples, I explore here transnational crime, social exclusion, and victims and rights, and conclude by signposting some emerging issues and avenues for interdisciplinary research.
