New report: Environmental crime in Australia

The Australian Institute of Criminology Report Environmental crime in Australia provides a comprehensive overview of environmental crime as it is perpetrated, detected and dealt with in Australia. Employing a stocktake of existing literature, the report summarises for the first time what is known about the current status of different typologies of environmental crime and the international, national and state/territory controls in place to deter harmful practices. It also highlights the difficulties in monitoring and detecting environmental crimes and describes to what extent penalties are meted out (and to what effect).  The report presents commentary on, and can be used to identify, different motivations and the offender groups associated with different categories of environmental crime, the inherent risks for continuing or escalating behaviour and how this might intersect with current laws and regulatory approaches. To download the report visit Environmental crime in Australia – Australian Institute of Criminology Research and public policy series no. 109.