ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews the state of empirical knowledge within the field of radical criminology. It is, perhaps, an historic event that radicals have been invited to represent the state of empirical knowledge within their field of research. The chapter presents a few additional comments concerning the neglect of knowledge produced by radical criminology. The neglect of radical research is, in part, due to differing etiological assumptions employed in mainstream and radical approaches. Extending medical and environmental research, radical criminologists have built the case for labeling these harms as crimes and have also taken part in conducting research exposing the association between race, class and chemical crimes. Exposure to the toxic substances in hazardous waste sites account for only one of the many environmental hazardous that confront modern societies. Environmental justice involves the right to be free from environmental harms. Because the world is currently filled with environmental harms, environmental justice revolves around assessments of the distribution of environmental harms.
