Green crime short answer questions
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- Short answer questions on green crime
- Outline two types of green crime.
- Primary - not currently illegal but cause harm to the environment and therefore are under analysis of sociologists such as air pollution.
- Secondary - law breaking which are illegal under international law but not necessarily enforced such as dumping of hazardous waste.
- Outline three causes of environmental crime.
- Capitalist ideology - Hasley and White suggests countries and individuals put economic growth before the environment due to consumerist society and therefore exploit it eg GM crops which contaminate surrounding land in Zambia.
- Wolf suggests it is the same as any other crime such as rationality since there is less stigma and sanctions for crimes such as dumping waste.
- Analyse two ways in which globalisation can promote green crime
- Encouragement of capitalist ideology - White shows how the drive TNCs have for profit is coupled with ability to easily move production despite environmental harm to take advantage of lack of pollution laws.
- Globalised market has meant governments are keen to increase economic development and therefore Snider suggests they are reluctant to pass laws that will inhibit this growth such as anti pollution laws (China)
- Outline two types of green crime.
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