Environmental Harm - An Eco-justice Perspective

A systematic and critical discussion of the nature of environmental harm from an eco-justice perspective, challenging conventional criminological definitions of environmental harm. It features examples and illustrations from many national contexts.

Sommario

Introduction;Justice-based approaches to environmental harm;Environmental justice and harm to humans;Conservation, ecological justice and harm to nature;Species justice and harm to animals;Toward eco-justice for all

Info autore

Rob White is Professor of Criminology in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Tasmania, Australia. He is author of Transnational Environmental Crime: Toward an eco-global criminology (2011) and Crimes Against Nature (2008), as well as editor of Climate Change from a Criminological Perspective (2012), Global Environmental Harm (2010) and Environmental Crime: A Reader (2009).

Riassunto

A systematic and critical discussion of the nature of environmental harm from an eco-justice perspective, challenging conventional criminological definitions of environmental harm. It features examples and illustrations from many national contexts.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Rob White, Rob (School of Sociology and Social Work White
• Editore: University Of Chicago Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.02.2015
• EAN: 9781447300410
• ISBN: 978-1-4473-0041-0
• Pagine: 216
• Serie: Policy Press - Studies in Soci; Studies in Social Harm; Policy Press - Studies in Soci
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto penale, diritto processuale penale, criminologia