CCJ 3014 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Social Disorganization Theory, Tommy (Album), White-Collar Crime
24 Jul 2018
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No single theory but generally includes a specific concern with environmental issues, social justice, ecological consciousness, the destructive dimensions of global capitalism. Green criminology refers to the study of environmental harm, environmental laws and environmental regulation by criminologists. Based on the argument that crime and crime control cannot be understood apart from the domain of culture. Crimes are constructed out of symbolic interactions among groups and people and are shaped by ongoing conflicts over their meaning and perceptions. Its humanitarian orientation encompasses a kind of back-to-basics criminology, one that listens to the people on the receiving end of criminal justice. Has empowered some ex-cons, convict criminology has in turn given voice to prison workers close to the ground in prison administration and prison research. Explains crime in the business world there with the: Define risks as manageable and the risks acceptable even though they are not. Typified by a pattern in which signals of potential danger are repeatedly normalized.
