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Water theft in rural contexts

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posted on 2023-05-20, 10:09 authored by Robert WhiteRobert White
Water theft is a phenomenon that is set to grow in the light of climate change, chronic drought, freshwater scarcity, and conflicts over natural resources. Drawing upon recent developments pertaining to poor regulation and the stealing of water from the Murray-Darling river system in Australia, this paper explores the cultural and political economic dimensions of water theft in the context of rurality and criminality. Framed within the overarching perspective of green criminology, the article examines water theft through the lens of rural folk crime as well as failures of regulation and environmental law enforcement. It raises issues relating to the social construction of victims of water theft, human (such as Indigenous people) and non-human (such as ecosystems). This article argues that the geographical location of water theft is integral to the dynamics of the harms committed, and the response of both governments and residents to the crime.

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Publication title

International Journal of Rural Criminology

Volume

5

Pagination

140-159

ISSN

1835-6672

Department/School

School of Social Sciences

Publisher

Ohio State University

Place of publication

United States

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Copyright 2019 White. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/

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  • Open

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Criminal justice

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