Content (Syllabus outline)
Introduction to environmental crime
o The definition of environmental crime
o The forms of environmental crime
Introduction to green criminology
o Green criminology - the study of environmental crime
o The development of green criminology throughout history (case of Slovenia)
Responding to threats against the environment and environmental protection policy
o Criminal justice and security aspects of environmental crime (national security aspect, legal aspect, criminal investigation aspect, psychological aspect, crime-prevention aspect).
Learning and teaching methods
The course will consist of lectures, seminars, discussions, case studies, individual and group projects, and individual consultations with the professor. Assistant conducts coursework and study visits (police, inspectorate, NGO) with the students.
Readings
- Eman, K. (2008). Uvod v fenomenološko analizo ekološke kriminalitete. Varstvoslovje, 10(1), 220–239.
- Eman, K. (2021). Green criminology perspective on light pollution. V N. Peršak in A. Di Ronco (ur.), Harm and disorder in the urban space: social control, sense and sensibility (str. 78–100). Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
- Eman, K. (2022). Ekološka kriminaliteta in kriminologija: praktikum (1. izd.). Univerza v Mariboru, Univerzitetna založba.
- Eman, K. in Hacin, R. (2021). Uvod v kartiranje kriminalitete (1. izd.). Univerza v Mariboru, Univerzitetna založba.
- Eman, K. in Meško, G. (2013). Green issues in South-Eastern Europe. V N. South in A. Brisman (ur.), Routledge international handbook of green criminology (str. 230–240). Routledge.
- Eman, K. in Meško, G. (2023). Slovensko podeželje in ekološka kriminaliteta = Slovenian countryside and environmental crime. V G. Meško in R. Hacin (ur.), 9. Nacionalna konferenca o varnosti v lokalnih skupnostih: varnost v lokalnih skupnostih – dobre prakse, aktualne teme in raziskovanje varnosti v lokalnih skupnostih v zadnjem desetletju (str. 147–158). Univerza v Mariboru, Univerzitetna založba.
- Eman, K., Meško, G. in Ivančič, D. (2012). Ekološka kriminaliteta v Pomurju. Varstvoslovje, 14(1), 113–131.
- Eman, K., Meško, G., Dobovšek, B. in Sotlar, A. (2013), Environmental crime and green criminology in South Eastern Europe – practice and research. Crime, Law and Social Change, 59(3), 341–358.
- Eman, K., Meško, G. in Fields, C. B. (2013). Environmental crime a new security challenge. V A. Maas (ur.), Global environmental change: New drivers for resistance, crime and terrorism? (str. 15–35). Nomos.
- Meško, G., Sotlar, A. in Eman, K. (ur.). (2012). Ekološka kriminaliteta in varovanje okolja – multidisciplinarne perspektive. Fakulteta z varnostne vede UM.
- Pečar, J. (1981). Ekološka kriminaliteta in kriminologija. Revija za kriminalistiko in kriminologijo, 1(34), 33–45.
