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In this Handbook, editor Philip Reichel has brought together renowned scholars from around the world to offer various perspectives providing global coverage of the increasingly transnational nature of crime and the attempts to provide cooperative cross-national responses. This volume not only has a comprehensive introduction to the topic of transnational crime but also provides specific examples such as international terrorism, drug trafficking, and money laundering to illustrate this ever expanding phenomenon. The Handbook also examines cross-national and international efforts by police, courts, international agencies, and correctional authorities to deal with transnational crime. Part IV concludes the book by addressing emerging issues in transnational crime and justice with particular attention given to transnational organized crime in all regions of the world.
Transnational Environmental Crime
Transnational Environmental Crime
Transnational Harms and Ambiguous Crimes
The problem of environmental crime is inherently transnational. Unlike most other harms, toxins travel freely from one country to another, on the wind, in surface and ground water, and through the movements of humans and animals. Other environmental threats such as species extinction, ozone depletion, and global climate change are likewise felt around the world, not just in their countries of origin. Despite their transnational character, most cross-border environmental harms are not defined as crimes or regulatory violations. Moreover, attempts to do so are frequently confounded by legal systems rooted in national sovereignty and, thus, ill suited to address transborder injuries.
The bounded nature of national legal systems introduces a significant ambiguity into the study of transnational ...
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