Green crime

Question 1

What are green crimes ?

Answer 1

Crimes against the environment

Question 2

What does White say about green crime ?

Answer 2

Any human activity harms the environment

Question 3

What does Beck say about global risk society ?

Answer 3

• Many disasters are outside of human control
• In late modern society, humans have created ‘manufatured risks’
• By using technology and science
• this has created a global risk society
• Environmental harm in one country has consequences on other countries

Question 4

What is an example of the global risk society ?

Answer 4

Bhopal Disaster
- Us pesticide which was based in India
- leaked cyanide gas
- 30,000 tonnes exposed
- 500,000 were effected
- 20,000 died
- 120,000 dealing with effects still

Question 5

What does Aas say about green crime ?

Answer 5

• Green crime demonstrates the intersection of local and global
• Local environmental harm is the result of a chain of geographical dispersed events and activites

Question 6

What does Potter say about green crime ?

Answer 6

• Marxist view
• state sanctioned activities often relate to the environment
• Richer countries ship waste to LEDC’s
• rich create the issue, poor deal with it

Question 7

What does Carrabine say about types of green crime ?

Answer 7

Primary green crime = crimes which directly inflict harm on people and the environment.
Recognises 4 main primary types
- air pollution
- water pollution
- deforestation and species decline
- animal rights
Secondary green crime = refers to the actions committed as a response to the commissioning of primary green crime.
Like attempts to cover it by breaking regulations
E.g. Using criminal organisations to assist in the dumping of toxic waste