Crime in Contemporary Society: Types of Green Crime | A-Level Sociology

welcome to this CH to you sociology topic video on crime in contemporary Society focusing on types of green crime one of the biggest issues with defining what is a green crime and is that many green crimes aren't actually against the law of the nation in which they originate however due to the transgressive nature of green crime in

that the harm caused by the ACT can have impacts on other nations sociologists look to approach green crime by measuring the harm to the environment that these Acts cause this has led to the development of green criminology which focuses Less on the legal definition of crime and more on the harm that is done to the

environment one such sociologist involved in green criminology is Professor Nigel South who argues there are two distinct forms of green crime primary and secondary green crimes primary green crimes are committed as a direct result of the destruction of the environment or degradation of the Earth's resources and we'll look at some examples of these

shortly secondary green crimes focus more on the deliberate breaches of laws that look to protect the environment such as the role of government and Eco mafias that look to profit from circumventing environmental laws but first we'll look at some examples of primary green crimes air and water pollution are two such examples of primary green crimes

and these have a devastating impact on the environment air pollution in particular has grown with the expansion of industrialization and urbanization with pollution from increased numbers of factories vehicles and homes particularly in the developing world this is also linked into the consumption of fossil fuels rather than using renewable energy sources water pollution has increased in