Green Crime

Inside the Minds of the People Destroying the Planet, and How to Stop Them

By: Julia Shaw

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Hardcover | 9 October 2025

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352 Pages

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22.0 x 14.1 x 3.3

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A riveting investigation into the world of 'green crime' as told through a series of real-world cases by criminal psychologist and bestselling author Dr Julia Shaw, Green Crime asks how, why and who commits these crimes so that we might better protect the planet.

Green Crime uses true crime stories and social science to fundamentally redefine our relationship with the planet and each other. It is a fresh, fascinating and rigorously scientific book that helps us to understand some of the biggest dangers of our time.

Rooted in her expertise as a criminal psychologist, Dr Shaw plunges the reader into the world of green criminology, applying insights from ecopsychology and environmental law to help disentangle why and how environmental crimes are being committed.

This book reframes and personalises issues that are often so vast that they cannot be comprehended. Each chapter follows a main criminal case to illustrate a different facet of how, and why, we are destroying the planet and justifying atrocities against humans along the way. For each case she asks: Who are the people behind environmental destruction and death? What are their, and our, justifications? Are these actions crimes? If not, should they be? What legal loopholes are they currently exploiting? And most importantly, how do we disarm the threats to our future?

Industry Reviews

Praise for Dr Julia Shaw:
'Well-researched, cogent and compelling . . . Shaw is always an engaging guide' - Independent
'Warmly, chattily written . . . Shaw draws knowledgeably on psychological and neuroscientific research' - Guardian
'Most of it is unsettling . . . It's also rational, intelligent and necessary' - Herald

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