Water, Crime and Security in the Twenty-First Century: Too Dirty, Too Little, Too Much (Critical Criminological Perspectives) - Hardcover

Brisman, Avi; McClanahan, Bill; South, Nigel; Walters, Reece

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1137529857 ISBN 13: 9781137529855

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

Synopsis

Water, Crime and Security in the Twenty-First Century represents criminology’s first book-length contribution to the study of water and water-related crimes, harms and security. The chapters cover topics such as: water pollution, access to fresh water in the Global North and Global South, water and climate change, the commodification of water and privatization, water security and pacification, and activism and resistance surrounding issues of access and pollution. With examples ranging from Rio de Janeiro to Flint, Michigan to the Thames River, this original study offers a comprehensive criminological overview of the contemporary and historical relationship between water and crime.  Coinciding with the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development,” 2018–2028, this timely volume will be of particular relevance to students and scholars of green criminology, as well as those interested in critical geography, environmental anthropology, environmental sociology, political ecology, and the study of corporate crime and state crime.

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Review:

“Water is the essence of life. Is it any wonder then that it is at the heart of so many contemporary social conflicts? This fascinating, timely and troubling book casts a critical lens on the power, interests and social forces that are presently determining the quality, quantity and availability of fresh water worldwide. The authors persuasively argue that water is and ought to be a basic human right, precisely because it is essential for everyone, everywhere.” (Rob White, University of Tasmania, Australia)

“It took too long for a book which considers how much of the water landscape is riddled with criminal activities, harm and serious security issues, but now it is here. This is a must read for those who work on the relationship between water and social justice, and seek to find ways to fight for a more just hydro-social system.” (Professor Erik Swyngedouw, Department of Geography, University of Manchester, UK, author of Liquid Power and Social Power and the Urbanization of Water, MIT, 2015)

About the Author:

Avi Brisman is Associate Professor in the School of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University, USA; Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Justice at Queensland University of Technology, Australia; and Conjoint Associate Professor in the Newcastle Law School at the University of Newcastle, Australia.   
Bill McClanahan is Assistant Professor in the School of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University, USA.  Nigel South is Professor and Director, Centre for Criminology, University of Essex, UK; Adjunct Professor, Crime and Justice Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology, Australia; and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.  Reece Walters is Professor and Director of the Crime and Justice Research Centre at Queensland University of Technology, Australia; a Professorial Fellow at the Open University (UK); and Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Arts, University of Tasmania, Australia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1137529857
• ISBN 13: 9781137529855
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 241