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This chapter discusses the importance and content of the criminology of climate change. It describes key terms and how climate change takes the aspect of a “slow crisis”. The chapter provides an outline of different kinds of crimes that are associated with climate change and its consequences. It concludes by introducing the chapters that comprise the rest of the book.
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White, R. (2012). The Criminology of Climate Change. In: White, R. (eds) Climate Change from a Criminological Perspective. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3640-9_1
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