ABSTRACT
Environmental crime is one of the most profitable and fastest growing areas of international criminal activity. The increasing cross-border scope of environmental crimes and harms is one of the reasons why governments and the enforcement community have trouble in finding the proper responses. Law enforcement cooperation between western industrialized states is often time consuming and problematic, and the problems increase exponentially when environmental criminals take advantage of situations where government and law enforcement are weak.
This book provides an overview of the developments and problems in the field of transnational environmental crimes and harms, addressing these issues from perspectives such as enforcement, deterrence, compliance and emission trading schemes. Divided into four parts, the authors consider global issues in green criminology, responses to transnational environmental crimes and harms, alternative methods to combat environmental crime, and specific types of crimes and criminological research.
Discussing these topics from the view of green criminology, sociology and governance, this book will be of great interest to all those concerned about the transnational dimensions of crime and the environment.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|75 pages
The Global Context of Environmental Crime and Green Criminology
chapter 1|18 pages
The Contested Planet
chapter 4|16 pages
Is Green Criminology Paradigm-Breaking?
part II|71 pages
Law Enforcement Responses to (Transnational) Environmental Crime
chapter 5|16 pages
Addressing Transnational Environmental Crime
chapter 6|23 pages
Regulatory Responses to Transnational Environmental Crime
chapter 7|15 pages
Transboundary International Fisheries Crime and Restitution for South Africa
part III|75 pages
Alternative Methods to Combat (Transnational) Environmental Crime
chapter 11|15 pages
Deterring Corporate Environmental Crime
chapter 12|23 pages
Enforcing the European Emissions Trading System within the EU Member States
part IV|65 pages
(Transnational) Environmental Crime and Criminological Research