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Academic and general interest in environmental crimes, harms, and threats, as well as in environmental legislation and regulation, has grown sharply in recent years. The Routledge International Handbook of Green Criminology is the most in-depth and comprehensive volume on these issues to date. With contributions from leading international green criminologists and scholars in related fields, the Handbook examines a wide range of substantive issues, including: climate change corporate criminality and impacts on the environment environmental justice media representations pollution (e.g. air, water) questions of responsibility and risk wildlife trafficking The chapters explore green criminology in depth, its theory, history and development, as well as methodological concerns for this area of academic interest. With examples of environmental crimes, harms, and threats from Africa, Asia, Australia, Eastern Europe, South America, the United Kingdom, and the United States, this book will serve as a vital resource for international scholars and students in criminology, sociology, law and socio-legal studies, as well as environmental science, environmental studies, politics and international relations.

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Author:   Nigel South ,  Avi Brisman
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.771kg
ISBN:  

9781138846692

ISBN 10:   1138846694
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   12 September 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9781032336404
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Nigel South is Professor of Sociology, a member of the Human Rights Centre and Centre for Criminology, and a Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Essex, England. He has served on various editorial boards and governing bodies and has published over twenty books and journal special issues including several contributing to the development of green criminology. Avi Brisman is an assistant professor in the School of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, KY (USA). His writing has appeared in such journals as Crime, Law and Social Change, Crime Media Culture, Critical Criminology, and Western Criminology Review, among others.

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