Environmental Crime Flashcards
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What is anthropocentrism?
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It is the hierarchal idea that humans are distinct from and superior to other species like animals and nature.
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What is the metabolic rift?
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It is Marx’s term for the distance between human and nature, enabling us to exploit the latter for capital gains and industrialisation.
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What does green criminology study?
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Environmental harms / crimes, responses by governments and environmental groups, representation of environmental crimes in the media, and protests against environmental harm.
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