Issues in Green Criminology

Issues in Green Criminology: confronting harms against environments, humanity and other animals is an essential resource for thinking about green criminology, a rapidly developing field. It offers a set of specially written introductions and a variety of current and new directions. The contributors are drawn from the leading thinkers in the field.The twelve chapters of the book explore the myriad ways in which governments, transnational corporations, military apparatuses and ordinary people going about their everyday lives routinely harm environments, other animals and humanity. The book will be essential reading not only for students taking courses in colleges and universities but also for activists in the environmental and animal rights movements.As all societies face up to the need to confront harms against environments, other animals and humanity, criminology will have a major role to play. This book will be an essential part of this process.