Southern Green Criminology - (Perspectives on Crime, Law and Justice in the Global South) by David Rodríguez Goyes (Paperback)

About the Book

Southern Green Criminology focuses on the threat the western world poses to the rest of the globe, and how Western imposed ideas of progress are damaging the planet, especially the southern hemisphere.

Book Synopsis

The pressing nature of environmental threats, such as: climate change, land-grabbing, biopiracy, animal exploitation and human environmental victimisation, are pushing the entire world to seek alternatives to prevent environmental damage in every corner of the globe. Southern Green Criminology focuses on the threat the western world poses to the rest of the globe, and how Western imposed ideas of progress are damaging the planet, especially the southern hemisphere.
In the past five years, the attention of green criminologists has been directed at the Global South as the geographical site that experiences the severest consequences of harmful environmental practices. Such criminological direction is aimed at combating the environmental harms that affect the geographical and the metaphorical Souths. The main topic of this book is the conflicts that arise in the interaction between human beings and our natural environment, seen from a Southern perspective with a focus on the victimisation of the South.
This book is simultaneously a scientific and a political endeavour, and will prove invaluable to students, researchers and environmental enthusiasts alike.

Review Quotes

Author David Rodriguez Goyes is an attorney with a PhD in criminology and a researcher in green criminology, specializing in biopiracy. In this book, he offers a detailed overview of the emerging field of green criminology, which evaluates environmental threats and crimes such as land-grabbing, biopiracy, animal exploitation, and the damage of climate change. The book points to the impact of harmful environmental practices and Western ideas of progress that contribute to environmental damage in the Global South. Part 1 explains theory and tenets of green criminology, posits a science to end discrimination, and reveals green criminology's philosophical basis. Part 2 describes empirical and applied cases demonstrating how to end ecological discrimination in the Global South. The book concludes with a proposal for how to prevent Southern Hemisphere green criminology from losing its relevance and ideas for changing the social dynamics that produce ecological discrimination in the region. Of special note, the book incorporates insights from 20 Indigenous communities in Colombia. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution.--Annotation (c)2019 "(protoview.com)"

About the Author

David Rodríguez Goyes is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Oslo, Norway. He holds a PhD in criminology from the University of Oslo, Norway. He is a lawyer by training, with postgraduate studies in criminal law and a masters in sociology. His main field of research is green criminology, with a focus on biopiracy. His greatest contribution to the field is in the development of a Southern Green Criminology.