Exploring green crime : introducing the legal, social and criminological contexts of environmental harm / Matthew Hall.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. What is 'green criminology' and why study it? -- 2. Environmental degradation, social change and crime -- 3. Environmental 'crime' : conceptions, limitations and alternatives -- 4. The corporation and environmental harms -- 5. The state and the environment : crime, harm and responsibility -- 6. Responding to environmental harm : policing, enforcement and sentencing -- 7. Environmental victimisation -- 8. Exploring environmental rights -- 9. Exploring green crime and wider harms with green criminology.

The application of criminological perspectives to discussion of the environment is a rapidly developing field at the cutting edge of criminology. This innovative but accessible introduction to the key debates in green criminology both familiarises newcomers to the field with the core theories and methodological precepts and challenges them to take a critical approach. In addition to analysing an extensive range of contemporary issues {u2013} environmental harm, food and water security, fracking, climate change and genetically modified crops {u2013} the text steps back to examine overarching themes, including the power relationships between states, corporations and the human and non-human components of our environment. In this way, Exploring Green Crime prepares readers to approach environmental criminology with a questioning and analytical mind-set. With useful end of chapter summaries, review questions and further reading, the text is ideal for students of criminology, criminal justice, law, sociology and environmental studies. --Provided by publisher.