Session
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Topic
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Readings/Documentaries.
To be done AFTER the lesson, in preparation for the following one
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WK 1A
15 Jan
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Introduction to the course: What is green criminology?
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Lynch et al (2017) Green criminology. Chapter 1. Introduction: Green Criminology and Political Economy
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WK 1B
17 Jan
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Concepts, definitions, inter-disciplinary approaches.
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UNEP/Interpol (2016): The rise of environmental crime
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WK 2A
22 Jan
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Political, economic and social drivers of environmental crimes
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UNODC (2022) Illegal wildlife trade and climate change
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WK 2B
24 Jan
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Human costs of environmental crimes
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Hall, M. (2020) Environmental refugees as environmental victims. In Brisman, A., & South, N. (Eds.). Routledge international handbook of green criminology.
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WK 3A
29 Jan
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Cont’d
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Lynch et al (2017) Green criminology. Ch. 10. The treadmill of environmental law
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WK 3B
31 Jan
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International environmental agreements
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Dupuy and Viñuales, (2018). International environmental law. Cambridge University Press. (extracts)
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WK 4A
5 Feb
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Enforcing environmental legislation
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Interpol (2022) The nexus between organized crime and pollution crime (pp. 16-32)
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WK 4C
6 Feb
TUESDAY
MAKE-UP CLASS!!
6pm Aula Magna
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GUEST LECTURE:
Dr. Matteo Bonotti
Civility and Environmental Politics
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WK 4B
7 Feb
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Pollution crimes
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Watch Poisoned Air documentary
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WK 5A
12 Feb
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Student case-studies
Pollution crimes
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Lynch et al (2017) Green Criminology. Ch. 7. Toxic towns and studies of ecologically devastated communities.
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WK 5B
14 Feb
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Toxic towns and ecologically damaged communities
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GI-TOC (2022) Podcast: Environmental Crimes in the Mekong
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WK 6A
19 Feb
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Student case-studies
Toxic towns and communities
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Study for mid-term exam
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WK 6B
21 Feb
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Mid-term exam
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Bradshaw. “State-Corporate Environmental Cover-Up: The Response to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill.” State Crime Journal 3, no. 2 (2014): 163–81.
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SPRING
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BREAK
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WK 7A
4 March
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State-corporate environmental crimes
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Watch Chemical Time Bomb documentary
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WK 7B
6 March
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Student case-studies
State-corporate crimes. War and environmental crimes
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van Herk & Bisschop (2020) E-waste in the twilight zone between crime and survival. In Brisman, A., & South, N. (Eds.). Routledge international handbook of green criminology
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WK 8A
11 March
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Hazardous and electronic waste crimes. Water security.
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Watch The Italian Mafia's Toxic Waste Trade documentary
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WK 8B
13 March
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Student case-studies
Hazardous and electronic waste crimes
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Johnson et al. (2016). Eco-crime and fresh water In
Hall, et al. (Eds.). Greening Criminology in the 21st Century
Deadline outline for research paper
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WK 9A
18 March
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Student case-studies
Water and food security.
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van Uhm, et al. (2020). The convergence of environmental crime with other serious crimes: Subtypes within the environmental crime continuum. European Journal of Criminology.
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WK 9B
20 March
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GUEST LECTURE:
Drug trafficking and environmental harms
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Watch documentary: The cobalt challenge - The dark side of the energy transition
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WK 10A
25 March
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Student case-studies. Intersections of environmental and other crimes (drugs, human trafficking, arms trafficking etc)
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Boekhout van Solinge, T. (2020) The Amazon Rainforest. A green criminological perspective. In Brisman, A., & South, N. (Eds.). Routledge international handbook of green criminology
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WK 10B
27 March
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Forest crimes
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Watch Clear Cut Crimes documentary
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WK 11A
NO CLASS
1 April
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ITALIAN NATIONAL HOLIDAY
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WK 11B
3 April
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Student case-studies
Forest crimes
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van Uhm, D. (20209 Wildlife trafficking and criminogenic asymmetries in a globalised world. In Brisman, A., & South, N. (Eds.). Routledge international handbook of green criminology.
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WK 12 A
8 April
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Wildlife crimes
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UNODC Podcast: The social economy of rhino poaching in Southern Africa
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WK 12 B
10 April
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Student case-studies
Wildlife crimes
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Brown D. Boyd D. S. Brickell K. Ives C. D. Natarajan N. & Parsons L. (2021). Modern slavery environmental degradation and climate change: fisheries field forests and factories. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space 191–207. https://doi.org/10.1177/2514848619887156
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WK 13A
15 April
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Fisheries crimes
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Watch Modern Day Slaves of Thailand documentary
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WK 13B
17 April
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Student case-studies
Fisheries crimes
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Deadline to submit research papers
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WK 14A
22 April
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Guest discussion on litigation
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Group A: Lynch et al (2017) Green Criminology. Ch. 11. Environmental social movements and environmental nongovernmental organizations
Group B: Nurse, A. (2020) Pirates or protectors?: a critical perspective on extreme environmental activism. In Brisman, A., & South, N. (Eds.). Routledge international handbook of green criminology.
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WK 14B
24 April
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Environmental social movements and NGOs. Future prospects.
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Final Exam
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