ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a broad methodological approach of eco-global criminology. The substantive focus of eco-global criminology is transgressions against ecosystems, humans and non-human animals. The chapter then explores the methodological implications of a framework that purports to be global in scope. It explicates the core concerns of the paradigm as these relate to the concepts of harm, crime and justice from legal, ecological and green criminological perspectives. The global political economy of genetically modified organisms (GMO) provides a case in point, insofar as the promotion of GMOs by large transnational corporations has continued apace, regardless of serious reservations being raised about significant potential risks to human health and safety, antibiotic immunity and contamination of the environment. The study of transnational environmental crime has to incorporate investigation of the different types of crime that occur under this umbrella label and the different scales or levels at which crimes may occur.
