Criminologists have increasingly become involved and interested in environmental
issues to the extent that the term Green Criminology is now
recognised as a distinct subgenre of criminology. Within this unique
area of scholarly activity, researchers consider not just harms to the environment,
but also the links between green crimes and other forms of
crime, including organised crime’s movement into the illegal trade in
wildlife or the links between domestic animal abuse and spousal abuse
and more serious forms of off ending such as serial killing. Th is series will
provide a forum for new works and new ideas in green criminology for
both academics and practitioners working in the fi eld, with two primary
aims: to provide contemporary theoretical and practice-based analysis of
green criminology and environmental issues relating to the development
of and enforcement of environmental laws, environmental criminality,
policy relating to environmental harms and harms committed against
non-human animals and situating environmental harms within the context
of wider social harms; and to explore and debate new contemporary
issues in green criminology including ecological, environmental and species
justice concerns and the better integration of a green criminological
approach within mainstream criminal justice. Th e series will refl ect the
range and depth of high-quality research and scholarship in this burgeoning
area, combining contributions from established scholars wishing to
explore new topics and recent entrants who are breaking new ground.