ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book analyses the relationship between environmental harm and the different types of crime associated with it. It also analyses global warming as state-corporate criminality. The book discusses the importance of and need for specialized expertise in adjudicating matters of environmental crime. It demonstrates the responses by criminal justice system can take a number of different routes. The book examines the emergence of carbon trading schemes. It explores the recent history of oil spills by considering data over recent periods. It also discusses the nature and dynamics of the illegal trade in electronic waste. The book examines the efforts of the Dutch police and the problems they experience in tackling environmental crime in the Netherlands. It analyses the effects of state enforcement mechanisms on the overall trend in toxic releases in the USA.
