Green Criminology and Environmental Crime unit (HGA344)

Introduction

Explores the nature of environmental crime and its social regulation. The unit has three main topical concerns: First, to investigate the nature of environmental crime from the point of view of legal, ecological and justice perspectives, with an emphasis on how environmental harm is socially constructed. Second, to investigate the nature of regulatory mechanisms and the social control of environmental crime, by considering issues surrounding law enforcement practices, compliance mechanisms, prosecution, and crime prevention as these pertain to the environment. Third, to investigate the nature of the relationship between changes to specific environments and the criminalisation process, with particular reference to the causes and contexts of environmental crime, the social processes that underpin environmental victimisation and how the law is mobilised in relation to conflicts over environmental issues The unit provides an overview of contemporary developments in green criminology, and in doing so offers a theoretical understanding of key concepts and debates pertaining to environmental crime, and exposure to concrete case studies relating to the regulation of environmental harm.

Summary

Unit name	Green Criminology and Environmental Crime
Unit code	HGA344
Credit points	12.5
College/School	Arts and Society Humanities and Social Sciences
Discipline	Sociology and Criminology
Coordinator	Ms Rashaam Chowdhury
Available as an elective?	Yes
Delivered By	University of Tasmania
Level	Advanced

Availability

Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August

Learning Outcomes

• Outline examples of environmental crime or harm within their specific local, national, or international contexts.
• Apply key green criminological concepts and theories to explain environmental crime or harm.
• Critically analyse preventative and regulatory responses to environmental crime and harm.
• Communicate your ideas clearly in verbal and written form.

Fee Information

2027 fee information will be available in August.

Requisites

Prerequisites

25 credit points at Introductory level or higher

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	Weekly recorded lectures or equivalent (1.5 hours) and Weekly Zoom tutorials (1.5 hours) or weekly online discussion forums (1.5 hours)
Assessment	Tutorial Participation (10%)|Blog (20%)|Case Study (30%)|Major Essay (40%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	Weekly readings will be available in the UTAS Library Reading List via MyLO. Many of the readings will be chapters from the textbook: White, R. and Heckenberg, D. (2014) Green Criminology: An Introduction to Environmental Crime, London and New York: Routledge. This textbook is available as an ebook via the UTAS Library.

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