The Greening of Criminology: A Perspective on the 1990s

Abstract

A revitalized approach to crime can be framed within the awakening environmentalism of the 1990s. The blending of environmentalism, radicalism, and humanism can be used to construct a 'Green Criminology' (GC). The Green movement has gradually been transformed and incorporated into the political platforms of a number of activist groups, and has even spawned the development of its own unique form of action - Green Politics. The primary motive behind the Green movement is to save the earth from human destruction - to conserve - in order to create a more hospitable environment for humans, animals and plants. Green Politics connects action/activism to political and economic theory that views environmental destruction as an outcome of the structure of modem, industrialized capitalist production and consumption patterns that are protected by corporate ideology, governmental consumption, and lax regulation. In order to incorporate the primary concerns of the Greens within criminology, the scope of Green concerns must be expanded.

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