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Climate Change from a Criminological Perspective
Rob . Ed(S): White
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Description for Climate Change from a Criminological Perspective
Hardback. Presenting innovative research on the links between climate change and crime, this book features contributions from a panel of pioneering 'green' criminologists who interrogate the increasingly complex nexus of ecological causes and criminal effects. Editor(s): White, Rob. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; LNKJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 526.
Few would dispute the power of climate change to lead to profoundly destructive weather events. At the same time, the possibility of climate change as a consequence—or even a cause—of criminal events is far less recognized. As the earth grows warmer, issues regarding land use, water rights, bio-security, and food production and distribution will continue to have far-reaching impact, and produce more opportunity for offenses by individuals and groups as well as political and corporate entities. In Climate Change from a Criminological Perspective, a panel of pioneering green criminologists investigates an increasingly complex chain of ecological causes and effects. ... Read more
Few would dispute the power of climate change to lead to profoundly destructive weather events. At the same time, the possibility of climate change as a consequence—or even a cause—of criminal events is far less recognized. As the earth grows warmer, issues regarding land use, water rights, bio-security, and food production and distribution will continue to have far-reaching impact, and produce more opportunity for offenses by individuals and groups as well as political and corporate entities. In Climate Change from a Criminological Perspective, a panel of pioneering green criminologists investigates an increasingly complex chain of ecological causes and effects. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461436393
SKU
V9781461436393
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Ref
99-15
About Rob . Ed(S): White
Rob D. White is the Director of the Criminology Research Unit at University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia. He is also the editor of Controversies in Environmental Sociology (Cambridge University Press), as well as author of Crimes Against Nature: Environmental criminology and ecological justice and editor of both Environmental Crime: A Reader and Global Environmental Harm: Criminological Perspectives, with Taylor & ... Read more
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