Exploring Green Criminology: Toward a Green Criminological Revolution (original) (raw)
Introduction: Green Criminology in the 21st Century
The term 'Green Criminology' was first introduced by Lynch in 1990 although the history of criminologists concerning themselves with specific environmental and animal related crimes goes back further than this For example Pecar (1981) put forward an even earlier statement about new environmentally damaging forms of criminality in Slovenia and the role of criminology and sciences related to this (Eman, Meško and Fields 2009: 584) but with no English-language translation Pecar's article made no international impact. Furthermore, although Lynch set out the scope and aims of a green criminology in a way that can still stand as a 'manifesto' statement, its place of publication meant it did not reach a wide audience at the time (although once 'rediscovered' it proved highly influential). Potter (2012) has reviewed arguments that might be put in order to 'justify' a green criminology and this is a useful exercise. But in an important sense, a green criminology is justified because it was inevitable and necessary. It reflected scientific interests and political challenges of the moment, carried forward the momentum of critical non-conformist criminology, and offered a point of contact and convergence. So, no particular contribution was required as the 'first' or 'unique' catalyst for the development of a green or eco-criminology, for this was already underway in many places, for similar reasons, with teachers, researchers and writers expressing parallel concerns and proposing a similar project for criminology (see, for example, Clifford 1998; Edwards et al
Book Review | Routledge Handbook of Green Criminology
Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice & Criminology, 2014
The first articulation of a 'green' criminology-that is, a criminology concerned with man-made environmental harm-is usually attributed to Michael in his essay The Greening of Criminology: A perspective on the 1990s. Although not the first criminological work on environmental harm, Lynch was one of the first to argue that environmental problems in themselves, and the social harms that so often stem from them, can be seen to be legitimate criminological concerns-and that criminologists, therefore, may be well positioned to contribute to analysis and discussion of the environmental degradation that has become characteristic of late-modern, super-industrialised global
Green Criminology: Reflections, Connections, Horizons
International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2014
This paper traces aspects of the development of a ‘green’ criminology. It starts with personal reflections and then describes the emergence of explicit statements of a green criminological perspective. Initially these statements were independently voiced, in different parts of the world but they reflected shared concerns. These works have found unification as a ‘green’, ‘eco‐global’ or ‘conservation’ criminology. The paper reviews the classifications available when talking about not only legally‐defined crimes but also legally perpetrated harms, as well as typologies of such harms and crimes. It then looks at the integration of ‘green’ and ‘traditional’ criminological thinking before briefly exploring four dimensions of concern for today and the future.
Special Edition: Green Criminology Matters, Guest Editors’ Introduction
International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2014
In 1998 the journal Theoretical Criminology published an innovative special issue on green criminology, which was compiled by two of the editors of the present collection. The focus of that special issue was a plea for the theoretical development of green criminological approaches to our relationships with ‘nature’, including how we adversely affect the state of the environment and the lives of nonhuman animals (henceforth, ‘animals’). Work in this new field has since continued apace. The study of harms against humanity, the environment and other species – inflicted systematically by powerful profit-seeking entities and on an everyday basis by ordinary people – is increasingly seen as a social concern of extraordinary importance. Green criminology matters! ...
2015
Talking about green criminology essentially means looking at the position of man in relation to his natural environment. Man by virtue of his position is the epitome of creation. Hence been referred to as the inheritor, conquer and vice glance of the earth. In search of better life, man was able to manipulate his natural environment by any means available to him; this has cause a lot of havoc to him, his environment and other living and non-living beings. The methods and means used to explore the environment are seen by many as necessary tools for advancement, this has dated back from the very beginning of man existence on earth surface. However as man continue to advance in his quest and achievements there comes the alarms as to the consequence of this adventure called „development”. The price to pay for this development includes the very sacrifice of man‟s life, health and that of other living and nonliving beings of the natural environment. The critical question here is does this...
Green Criminology and Green Theories of Justice
Springer eBooks, 2019
The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use.
Pushing the boundaries of (a) green criminology: environmental harm as a cause of crime
Greencriminology.org, 2012
Elsewhere on this site I have addressed the question ‘What is Green Criminology?’, but here I want to suggest that my previous definition, whilst reflecting much (probably most, but by no means all) of the work of green criminologists to date, perhaps sells the idea of a green criminology short. Rather than seeing green criminology as “the analysis of environmental harms from a criminological perspective, or the application of criminological thought to environmental issues” perhaps a better definition – or conceptual framework – would be the application of an ecological perspective to the problem of ‘crime’ in general. This can encompass everything within the earlier definition, but can also include a whole lot more. To put it another way, I would like to suggest that there is more to a green criminology than just the focus on green crime.