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Air Pollution and Invisible Violence

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Invisible Crimes and Social Harms

Part of the book series: Critical Criminological Perspectives ((CCRP))

Abstract

In recent years air pollution has been referred to as an ‘invisible killer’, and ‘an invisible health crisis’ (European Respiratory Society 2012). As other chapters in this collection have argued, the invisibility of crime is manifested through various lenses: lack of knowledge, lack of political and media attention, an absence of policing and regulatory focus, and an unwitting and ill-informed public. All such arguments pertain to air pollution; however, toxic emissions are also literally invisible from sight and consciousness, as are the associated consequences.

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    Pamela Davies (Teaching Fellow and Programme Director of Criminology), Peter Francis (Professor of Learning and Teaching and Pro-Vice Chancellor) & Tanya Wyatt (Principal Lecturer in Criminology) (Teaching Fellow and Programme Director of Criminology),  (Professor of Learning and Teaching and Pro-Vice Chancellor) &  (Principal Lecturer in Criminology)

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Walters, R. (2014). Air Pollution and Invisible Violence. In: Davies, P., Francis, P., Wyatt, T. (eds) Invisible Crimes and Social Harms. Critical Criminological Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137347824_8

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