Green Criminology

Michael J. Lynch is Professor of Criminology and Associated Faculty at the Patel School of Global Sustainability at the University of South Florida. He is recognized for creating the term "green criminology." His research interests include radical criminological research, environmental justice, racial biases in the criminal justice process, and macro-level models predicting crime and incarceration rates. Michael A. Long is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at Northumbria University. His research interests include political economy and the environment, state-corporate crime, substance use, and quantitative methodology. Paul B. Stretesky is Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at Northumbria University and Associated Faculty in the Department of Sociology at the Colorado State University. His research interests include environmental crime, law and justice, and the consequences of natural gas extraction on crime in the United Kingdom. Kimberly L. Barrett is Assistant Professor of Criminology in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology at Eastern Michigan University. Her research interests include green criminology, corporate crime, and environmental justice.

Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Green Criminology and Political Economy 2. The State of Green Criminology 3. Pollution Crimes 4. Withdrawal Crimes 5. Crimes of Ecological Additions and Illness 6. Crimes of Overproduction and Overconsumption 7. Toxic Towns and Studies of Ecologically Devastated Communities 8. Wildlife Trafficking, Smuggling, and Poaching 9. Environmental Justice and Green Criminology 10. The Treadmill of Environmental Law 11. Environmental Social Movements and Environmental Nongovernmental Organizations 12. Connecting the Dots: Explaining Green Crimes References Index