ABSTRACT
The emergence of green criminology as a theme within academia has given rise to important areas of criminological research across a diverse range of topics (Beirne and South, 2007; Brisman and South, 2013; Lynch and Stretesky, 2003; South, 1998; Walters, 2006; White, 2003, 2008, 2010). Indeed, so diverse and interdisciplinary is this range that it is not obvious what connects such an apparently disparate array of issues (Hall, 2014; White, 2013). Moreover, the meaning of ‘green’ is contested within political science and philosophy (Dobson and Eckersley, 2006; Doherty and de Geus, 1996; Dryzeck, 2005; Eckersley, 1992), and the very purpose of criminology is itself increasingly called into question.1 Green criminology is therefore born into a highly contested academic world in which competing green and criminological perspectives produce rich, philosophical and normative debates.
