Publication

cjm 90: Environmental harms

Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Reece Walters guest edits the themed section articles in this edition on issues of pressing and growing global environmental concern.

Articles in the section include Tanya Wyatt reporting on the environmental and social impacts of Western demands; Polly Higgins, Damien Short and Nigel South proposing a way forward to deal with climate change and environmental deterioration and Gary R Potter on the active resistance to environmental damage

Topical articles include John Bahadur Lamb on whether there a ‘light’ and ‘dark’ side to British Counterterrorism, and David Whyte reflecting on the great British summer of corruption.

In this edition

Reece Walters introduces the themed articles

By Reece Walters

Polly Higgins, Damien Short and Nigel South propose a way forward to deal with climate change and environmental deterioration

By Polly Higgins, Damien Short and Nigel South

Reece Walters and Peter Martin identify how the coalition’s emissions policies have failed the British public and created new markets for corporate polluters and carbon fraudsters

By Reece Walters and Peter Martin

Tanya Wyatt considers the environmental and social impacts of Western demands

By Tanya Wyatt

Hanneke Mol asks whether to be green is realistically achievable

By Hanneke Mol

Matthew Hall argues that these types of victims have been left behind by policy and lawmaking

By Matthew Hall

Angus Nurse assesses the coalition’s approach to controlling environmental wrongdoing

By Angus Nurse

Hazel Croall examines food production and its long standing association with illegality and criminality

By Hazel Croall

Melanie Wellsmith considers how to best reduce harm to animals

By Melanie Wellsmith

Gary R Potter considers the paths of engagement and active resistance to environmental damage

By Gary R Potter

David Whyte looks at what surfaced from the murky depths of the police, and the financial and political worlds in 2012

By David Whyte

Jane Dominey and Jake Phillips outline proposals, as discussed at a recent seminar at the Cambridge Institute of Criminology

By Jane Dominey and Jake Phillips

Alex Fox, Chris Fox and Caroline Marsh explore what criminal justice can learn from social care

By Alex Fox, Chris Fox and Caroline Marsh

Gwen Lewis and Rosie Meek consider levels of participation in different types of prisons

By Gwen Lewis and Rosie Meek

John Bahadur Lamb considers a long running theme in the history of dealing with terrorism

By John Bahadur Lamb

Rory Corbett, Natalie Mazin, Roger Grimshaw and Paul Bebbington analyse the significant mental health risks facing people who have been in institutional care

By Rory Corbett, Natalie Mazin, Roger Grimshaw and Paul Bebbington

With an online archive of over a hundred documents and featuring over a thousand individual data entries, Helen Mills introduces a new project from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.

By Helen Mills

Rebecca Roberts calls for a new voice in the debate

By Rebecca Roberts

Susan Easton, Tim Black and Mandeep K Dhami give their reasons for and against prisoners being given the vote

By Susan Easton, Tim Black and Mandeep K Dhami