Masters Module – Green Crime and Environmental Justice
Essay, 2500 words (+/- 10%)
Must answer only ONE of the following questions:
You may choose which ONE of four questions you’d like to answer, that you believe in your professional opinion you can do the best on.
1. Critically assess the importance of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) as environmental law enforcers.
2. Critically examine why environmental protection is not a core policing responsibility.
3. Drawing upon a relevant case study, critically discuss how the justice system should respond to corporations’ false claims of environmental compliance.
4. “The story of global warming as a state-corporate crime helps to explain why it remains important for criminologists to address the relationship between power and crime” (Lynch, Burns & Stretesky, 2010, p. 230). Critically examine this statement.
This assignment must be fully referenced using the APA 7th edition (UK).
A refences should be put after each point/evaluation being made with information that you collected. (so a lot of refences should be used throughout this essay)
It is vital that the essay contains all things listed below.
Contains accurate, relevant material in the subject matter.
Demonstrates understanding of complex subject matter and is able to view it in a wider context.
NO bullet pointed or short sentences
Shows originality and confidence in analysing and criticising assumptions, is aware of the limits of knowledge.
Evidence of extensive research, uses and presents references effectively.
NO constant repetition as the essay should flow nicely.
Excellent in terms of organisation, structure, use and flow of language, grammar, spelling, format, presentation, diagrams, tables etc.
