RT Article
T1 Environmental Crime and Contemporary Criminology: Making a Difference
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 44
IS 4
SP 656
OP 669
A1 Nobles, Matt R.
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764201736
AB The current body of literature on the topic of environmental crime is bigger and better than ever, but the question of whether criminology/criminal justice scholars make a difference in this area is another matter entirely. This paper offers an interpretive view on the strengths and shortcomings in the sub-field of environmental crime, including discussion of the green criminology movement as well as various studies addressing criminal justice system responses to this complex phenomenon. Although this domain has grown steadily since the 1990s, our discipline must change its approach fundamentally in order to maximize the potential for impact. To this end, four major recommendations are directed to the field, along with two overarching messages: (a) environmental crime must move away from the fringes into the criminological mainstream, and (b) participation in this process is open to all motivated criminologists.
K1 Environmental Policy
K1 Criminological Theory
K1 Green Criminology
K1 Environmental Crime
DO 10.1007/s12103-019-09483-7