The Falling Carbon Footprint of Acquisitive and Violent Offences

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ID8402298
AutoresHelen Skudder (Home Office, autor correspondente), Ian Brunton-Smith (0000-0002-0077-5602, University of Warwick), John Cole (Home Office), Alan McInnes (Secured by Design, Police Crime Prevention Initiatives, London, UK), Angela Druckman (0000-0002-2515-0369, University of Surrey)
Ano2018
Volume58
Fascículo2
Páginas351-371
Data de publicação2018-02-15
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529
EditoraOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/bjc/azx009
OpenAlexW2593345257
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas25

Cutting carbon emissions, wherever they occur, is a global priority and those associated with crime are no exception. We show that between 1995 and 2015, the carbon footprint of acquisitive and violent crime has dropped by 62 per cent, a total reduction of 54 million tonnes CO2e throughout this period. Although the environmental harm associated with crime is likely to be considered lower in importance than social or economic impacts, a focus on reducing high carbon crimes (burglary and vehicle offences) and high carbon aspects of the footprint (the need to replace stolen/damaged property) could be encouraged. Failure to acknowledge these potential environmental benefits may result in crime prevention strategies being unsustainable and carbon reduction targets being missed.

Carbon fibers · Carbon Footprint · Criminal justice · Criminology · Economics · Falling (accident) · Green criminology · Greenhouse gas · Harm · Natural resource economics · Psychiatry · Violent crime · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Ecology · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Psychology · Social Psychology · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses

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