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Researching transnational environmental harm: toward an eco-global criminology
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White, R, Researching transnational environmental harm: toward an eco-global criminology, International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 33, (2) pp. 229-248. ISSN 0192-4036 (2009) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1080/01924036.2009.9678807
Abstract
The study of transnational environmental harm demands appreciation of specific methodological
and conceptual issues that impinge upon the data collection process. Some of these
issues include the ethics and politics of ‘outsiders’ researching other people’s territory, the
differential availability and types of data in different jurisdictions, the ways in which state
denial and corporate resistance impede the research process, and the importance of utilising
a wide range of data sources as a means to substantiate claims about harms and the causes
of harms. The paper presents an exploration of methodological issues in the study of harms
that are global, cross-national, and/or localised, but which are intrinsically transnational in
nature regardless of scale and scope. By understanding the challenges presented to those
working in this area, we are also able to identify directions for future methodological
development.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Studies in Human Society |
Research Group: | Criminology |
Research Field: | Criminology not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
Objective Group: | Justice and the Law |
Objective Field: | Criminal Justice |
UTAS Author: | White, R (Professor Rob White) |
ID Code: | 61367 |
Year Published: | 2009 |
Deposited By: | Sociology and Social Work |
Deposited On: | 2010-03-03 |
Last Modified: | 2015-02-11 |
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