Environmental justice
Environmental harm disproportionately affects these types of communities.
What is marginalized and vulnerable communities?
Environmental harm can still occur in industries that are regulated and legal, like this plant crop.
What is Hemp?
Green Criminology recognizes harms produced by these entities, rather than just individual offenders.
What are corporations and the state?
This natural phenomenon in Canada has been worsened by climate change, causing displacement and health problems.
What are wildfires?
In Bangladesh, poor and rural populations suffer most from these environmental threats.
What are flooding, industrial pollution, and climate-related displacement?
Regulatory systems often prioritize this over environmental and social well-being.
What are economic interests?
This industry's "green" branding obscures real environmental harm.
What is the hemp industry?
Populations most affected by wildfire smoke include children, older adults, people with pre-existing health conditions and...
What are Indigenous communities?
A Canadian policy bill, Bill C-226, addresses this issue by framing environmental harm as a justice concern.
What is environmental racism?
Labelling a product as "green" can obscure actual harm, creating this effect on consumer trust.
What is greenwashing?
Historical focus on "ordinary" criminals neglected this type of environmental harm.
What are structural or corporate harms?
From a policy perspective, green criminology raises the question of whether climate harms should be treated as only natural disasters or also as this.
What are preventable harms?