RT Article
T1 An astro-green criminological examination of orbital space debris
JF Criminology & criminal justice
VO 25
IS 4
SP 1280
OP 1297
A1 Lampkin, Jack 19XX-
A1 Wyatt, Tanya 1975-
A2 Wyatt, Tanya 1975-
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/193328174X
AB The aims of this study were to (1) highlight the importance of orbital debris as an environmental and green criminological issue, (2) build on recent work in astro-green criminology and (3) analyse orbital debris from an astro-green perspective with a focus on social and ecological harms consistent with green-critical criminologies. Human-made active and defunct debris continues to accumulate in Earth orbit littering near-Earth orbital space. There are a small number of key drivers, including accidental collisions between objects, in-orbit explosions and anti-satellite missile testing. Such activities pollute Earth orbit causing problems for astronomy, space travel and human and non-human populations on Earth. This is a theoretical, literature-based analysis of orbital debris from an astro-green criminological perspective. Criminology has had little to say about space debris because its creation is not a criminal offence. This article makes a unique contribution to criminological literature by applying the emerging perspective of astro-green criminology to orbital debris.
K1 orbital space debris
K1 Green Criminology
K1 green crime
K1 Astro-green criminology
DO 10.1177/17488958231169124