The book Green Crime does something new: It explores environmental crimes through a true-crime lens.
Author and criminal psychologist Dr. Julia Shaw forensically analyzes the motives of each group involved in crimes like wildlife trafficking, pollution, and the murder of environmental defenders using six psychological pillars: ease, impunity, greed, rationalization, conformity, and desperation.
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**STEELMAN**: Shaw’s *Green Crime* offers a compelling reframing of environmental destruction as a criminal justice issue, not just an ethical or regulatory one. By applying criminal psychology to case studies like "Dieselgate," she exposes the human motivations behind systemic harm—greed, rationalization, and conformity—while avoiding the trap of blaming faceless corporations or individuals for minor infractions. Her focus on enforcement over new legislation is pragmatic, and her breakdown of W...