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The term "green criminology" was introduced by Michael J. Lynch in 1990, and expanded upon in Nancy Frank and Michael J. Lynch's 1992 book, Corporate Crime, Corporate Violence, [2] which examined the political economic origins of green crime and injustice, and the scope of environmental law.
A study investigating the "climate change-temperature-crime hypothesis" across 15 U.S. cities over a 14-year period found that most correlations between temperature and crime were insignificant, which the researchers said suggested that other social, economic, or environmental factors might be more influential. [1]
Environmental criminology is the study of crime, criminality, and victimization as they relate, first, to particular places, and secondly, to the way that individuals and organizations shape their activities spatially, and in so doing are in turn influenced by place-based or spatial factors.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently published its annual Global Competitiveness Report, which looks at dozens of measures of economic and institutional health to compile a ranking of countries ...
Environmental crime is an illegal act which directly harms the environment. These illegal activities involve the environment, wildlife, biodiversity , and natural resources . International bodies such as, G7 , Interpol , European Union , United Nations Environment Program , United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute ...
The World Economic Forum has published its annual Global Competitiveness Report, which compiles dozens of measures of economic and institutional health.
It turns out that reducing blight reduces crime. In a citywide experiment, the LandCare program was found shootings reduced by 8% and nuisance crimes reduce by 7% around remediated lots.
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