RT Article
T1 Interspecies violence and crimes of dissent: communication ethics and legitimacy in message crimes involving wildlife
JF Critical criminology
VO 25
IS 2
SP 261
OP 274
A1 Essen, Erica von
A2 Allen, Michael P.
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1848881134
AB In this article, we consider the phenomenon of message crimes involving harm to wildlife from a sociological and criminological perspective. Using a case study of dissident Nordic hunters killing protected wolves to send a message to the state agencies responsible for their conservation, we engage philosophically with the question of wildlife victimhood and why interspecies violence is unjustifiable as a mode of political dissent. As an alternative to the species justice perspective in green criminology, we examine how the acts disrespect animals as moral subjects of public communication and frustrate dialogue regarding what is owed to them in terms of political justice.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 271-274
K1 Gewaltloser Widerstand
K1 Hate Crime
K1 Moral
K1 Wolf
K1 Civil Disobedience
K1 Democratic Legitimacy
K1 Moral Agent
K1 Public Communication
DO 10.1007/s10612-017-9358-7