Climate change criminology /

Leading green criminologist Rob White asks what can be learned from the problem-solving focus of crime prevention to help face the challenges of climate change. Part of the New Horizons in Criminology series.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: White, R. D. (Robert Douglas), 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol : Bristol University Press, [2018]
Series:New horizons in criminology.
Subjects:
Climatic changes > Law and legislation.
Liability for climatic change damages.
Offenses against the environment.
Responsabilité pour dommages dus aux changements climatiques.
Crimes contre l'environnement.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Climatic changes > Law and legislation
Liability for climatic change damages
Offenses against the environment
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; CLIMATE CHANGE CRIMINOLOGY; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Climate change and criminology; Introduction; Climate change, the Anthropocene and criminology; Key themes of climate change criminology; Conclusion; 2. Global warming as ecocide; Introduction; Ecocide as a crime; Business as usual and state-corporate crime; Contrarianism and techniques of neutralisation; Conclusion; 3. In the heat of the moment; Introduction; Heat matters; Climate change and crime typologies; Climate change and violent crime; Climate change and carbon emissions crime; Conclusion
  • 4. Climate change catastrophes and social intersectionsIntroduction; Disasters and criminality; Climate change and conflict over resources; Securitisation of resources; Conclusion; 5. Climate change victims; Introduction; Human and non-human environmental victims; Climate change and the world of the young; Indigenous people and climate injustice; Conclusion; 6. Carbon criminals; Introduction; Capitalism and the growth imperative; Commodification; Capitalist responses to climate change; Climate vandals engaging in ecocide; 7. Criminal justice responses to climate change; Introduction
  • Litigation in support of climate justiceGreening justice initiatives; Holding to account those responsible; Intervention and social action; Conclusion; 8. Criminological responses to climate change; Introduction; Constructing the issues; Key aspects of climate change criminology; Contesting the future; Conclusion; References; Index

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