Marxism and Green crime
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- Created on: 29-12-17 21:51
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- Marxism and Green Crime
- They see Green crime as an act of power
- Pearce
- Called them the 'crime of the powerful'
- They shape and define laws to benefit their own interests
- Laws benefit transnational corporations,whilst White-Collar is uneasily detected such as in a developing nation
- Pearce
- Criminogenic Capitalism
- Corporates want to maximise profits and minimise cost
- Dumping wastes in developing nations where health and safety laws are more relaxed and disposal costs are cheaper
- Corporates want to maximise profits and minimise cost
- Criticisms
- Anthropocentrism
- Marxism are wrong
- The government puts the well being and economic security of the citizens first
- Wolf
- Green crime can be explained through usual explanations of crime; Rational Choice theory, Strain Theory etc
- There are weaker sanctions and stigma on green crime so it may be worth the risk
- Anthropocentrism
- They see Green crime as an act of power
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