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Informationen zum Autor Rob White is Professor of Criminology in the School of Sociology and Social Work at the University of Tasmania, Australia. In addition to this he is the Director of both the Criminology Research Unit and the Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies. Klappentext Issues such as climate change! disposal of toxic waste and illegal fishing have generated increasing attention within criminological circles over the years. This book deals with global environmental harm from various geographical and critical perspectives. It offers insights into the nature and dynamics of environmental harm. Zusammenfassung Issues such as climate change, disposal of toxic waste and illegal fishing have generated increasing attention within criminological circles over the years. This book deals with global environmental harm from various geographical and critical perspectives. It offers insights into the nature and dynamics of environmental harm. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part 1: Global Problems 1. Globalisation and Environmental Harm 2. Equatorial Deforestation as a Harmful Practice and Criminological Issue 3. The Global Transference of Toxic Harms 4. Global Warming, Global Crime: A Green Criminological Perspective Part 2: Specific Issues 5. The Canadian-Alberta Tar Sands: A Case Study of State-corporate Environmental Crime 6. The Illegal Reptile Trade as a Form of Conservation Crime: A South African Criminological Introspection 7. The Applicability of Crime Prevention to Problems of Environmental Harm: A Consideration of Illicit Trade in Endangered Species 8. The Polluting Behaviour of the Multi National Corporations in China Part 3: Alternative Visions 9. The Indiscriminate Criminalisation of Environmentally Beneficial Activities 10. The Big Grey Elephants in the Backyard of Huelva, Spain 11. Criticality of Global Environmental Crime, Disparity of Harmful Influence and Chaos/complexity Green Criminology/justice 12. The Ecocidal Tendencies of Late Modernity: Transnational Crime, Social Exclusion, Victims and Rights ...
