Green crime in Mexico : a collection of case studies / Ines Arroyo-Quiroz, Tanya Wyatt, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arroyo-Quiroz, Inés, editor.

Wyatt, Tanya, 1975- editor.

ProQuest ebook central.

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Series:

Palgrave studies in green criminology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Offenses against the environment--Mexico.

Offenses against the environment.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 208 pages) : illustrations, maps.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer Science and Business Media : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2018]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Intro; Acknowledgments; Contents; Editors and Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1: Green Harms and Crimes in Mexico; Introduction; Background; The Collection; Box 1.1: By Misael Morales Bernadino; Crime and Offence; Offences Against the Environment; Common Threads; Environmental Justice; Crimes of the Powerful; Corruption; Resistance and Activism; Chapter Summaries; References; Part I: Environmental Degradation; 2: Sixteen Years of Parasitism in Cuatrociénegas, Coahuila: The Lesser of Two Evils; Introduction; Why Is the Cuatrociénegas Ecosystem Relevant?; The Lesser of Two Evils?

Who Are the Responsible Parties?Authorities; Companies; Alfalfa Farmers; Consumers; What Type of Green Crime Is This?; Who Is the Victim of This Crime?; Remediation Measures; References; 3: Shale Gas Extraction, Energy Reform, and Environmental Damage; Introduction; Mexico; Environmental Harm in the Changing Energy Sector; Conclusion; References; 4: Loss of Community Identity: Should It Be Considered a Crime If It Is Linked to Environmental Deterioration?; References; Part II: Social and Environmental Justice

5: Security, Justice, and Forest Protection! An Indigenous Community's Fight Against Illegal Deforestation and Organised Crime in Cherán, MexicoIntroduction; The Mexican State; 'Environmentalism of the Poor' and Environmental Justice; Self-Defence Movement in the Indigenous Community of San Francisco de Cherán, Michoacán; Final Remarks; References; 6: National Tree Clearing Program: An Environmental Crime for Mexico; Introduction; PRONADE Specifications; Consequences of PRONADE; Final Remarks; References; 7: Wind Power and Environmental Justice: The Case of Istmo de Tehuantepec; Conclusion

Background to LaunderingThe Pair of Desert Monitors; A Green Crime; Conclusion; References; 11: Traditional Bird Trader Families: Towards a New Approach; Introduction; Main Cause of the Decrease in Bird Populations; Traditional Bird Trader Families; Indigenous Rights; Cultural Tradition; Community Management; Threats to the Bird Trade; Poverty; Capturing Birds by Non-traditional Methods and Processes; Radical Changes to Environmental Laws and Lack of Adaptability to These Changes; Stigmatisation; Persecuted; Conclusion; References; 12: Trafficking of Totoaba Maw; Introduction; Background

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 17, 2018).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Green Crime in Mexico.

ISBN:

9783319752860

3319752863

Publisher Number:

99989317662

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.