The Geography of Environmental Crime: Conservation, Wildlife Crime and Environmental Activism (Palgrave Studies in Green Criminology)

This book critically examines both theory and practice around conservation crimes. It engages with the full complexity of environmental crimes and different responses to them, including: poaching, conservation as a response to wildlife crime, forest degradation, environmental activism, and the application of scientific and situational crime prevention techniques as preventative tools to deal with green crime. Through the contributions of experts from both the social and ecological sciences, the book deals with theoretical and practical considerations that impact on the effectiveness of contemporary environmental criminal justice. It discusses the social construction of green crimes and the varied ways in which poaching and other conservation crimes are perceived, operate and are ideologically driven, as well as practical issues in environmental criminal justice. With contributions based in varied ideological perspectives and drawn from a range of academic disciplines, this volume provides a platform for scholars to debate new ideas about environmental law enforcement, policy, and crime prevention, detection and punishment. "This book critically examines both theory and practice around conservation crimes. It engages with the full complexity of environmental crimes and different responses to them, including: poaching, conservation as a response to wildlife crime, forest degradation, environmental activism, and the application of scientific and situational crime prevention techniques as preventative tools to deal with green crime. Through the contributions of experts from both the social and ecological sciences, the book deals with theoretical and practical considerations that impact on the effectiveness of contemporary environmental criminal justice. It discusses the social construction of green crimes and the varied ways in which poaching and other conservation crimes are perceived, operate and are ideologically driven, as well as practical issues in environmental criminal justice. With contributions based in varied ideological perspectives and drawn from a range of academic disciplines, this volume provides a platform for scholars to debate new ideas about environmental law enforcement, policy, punishment, and crime prevention and detection"--Back cover Front Matter....Pages i-xvii The Geography of Environmental Crime....Pages 1-10 Front Matter....Pages 11-11 Poaching, Trade, and Consumption of Tiger Parts in the Bangladesh Sundarbans....Pages 13-32 Radical Environmentalism and the Role of Nature....Pages 33-57 Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid of ... the Environmental Activist? Ideological War, Coercive Justice, and Orwellian Dystopia....Pages 59-88 Front Matter....Pages 89-89 Tackling Illegal Wildlife Trade by Improving Traceability: A Case Study of the Potential for Stable Isotope Analysis....Pages 91-119 ‘Do Some Anti-Poaching, Kill Some Bad Guys, and Do Some Good’: Manhunting, Accumulation, and Pacification in African Conservation....Pages 121-147 Keeping the Horn on the Rhino: A Study of Balule Nature Reserve....Pages 149-185 Front Matter....Pages 187-187 Enforcement and Professional Constructions of Environmental Crime in Finland....Pages 189-216 ‘I Don’t See Myself as a Criminal’: Motivation and Neutralization of Illegal Hunting by Swedish Norrland Hunters....Pages 217-239 Back Matter....Pages 241-246