商品簡介
Environmental and ecological crimes are neither isolated nor rare, and their effects can devastate whole regions. Scholars have come to conduct research and debate about crimes against the earth and non-human species, including the efficacy of environmental laws and their enforcement, harms to the environment in manufacturing and using certain chemicals, wildlife protection, and institutions and structures that promote environmental and ecological crimes. This collection of 28 articles covers aspects of animal abuse and green criminology, crime and the environment in terms of diversity, rights and victims within regulation, and the process of creating a green criminology. Specific topics include the effects of species-centered thought, interspecies sexual assault, corporate environmental crimes and social inequality, poaching, organized crime, masculinity and offenses against the environment, and negative reactions to the notion of a green criminology. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Nigel South is Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Essex, UK. He has teaching and research interests in criminology, drug use, and health and environmental issues and is currently a Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic Development) at the University of Essex and a member of the Royal Society of Arts' Commission of Inquiry into Illegal Drugs, Communities and Public Policy. Piers Beirne is Professor of Sociology and Legal Studies in the Department of Criminology, University of Southern Maine, U.S.A.
