Green crime

Question 1

What is green crime?

Answer 1

A crime against the environment
Eg Chernobyl

Question 2

What does Beck argue about global risk society?

Answer 2

Most threats to the environment and human well being are now human made.
Manufactured risks are created due to resources being provided for all

Question 3

What is case study of Mozambique 2010?

Answer 3

Russia
Global warming lead to hottest heatwave in a century, lead to wildfires that destroyed oats of the countries grain belt.
Shortage, russia introduced export bands and pushed up the world price of grain.
Mozambique heavily dependant on food import.
Saw 305 rise in price of bread.
Sparked expensive rioting and looting of food stores that left a dozen dead.

Question 4

What does beck argue about why green crime is an issue?

Answer 4

Increase of technology and productivity has resulted in different risks
Manufacture risks, risks we have created ourselves.

Question 5

What are problems with the definition of green crime?

Answer 5

Some green crimes don’t break written rules so can be argued as debatable to consider some crimes as criminal.
Laws are dependant on the country they are committed in
Eg. Acid rain is legal but damages the environment.

Question 6

Who are moral entrepreneurs in green criminology?

Answer 6

David Attenborough
Greta Thunberg