An astro-green criminological examination of orbital space debris
| Autor: | Jack A Lampkin, Tanya Wyatt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Criminology & Criminal Justice. :174889582311691 |
| ISSN: | 1748-8966 1748-8958 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/17488958231169124 |
| Popis: | The aims of this study were to (1) highlight the importance of orbital debris as an environmental and green criminological issue, (2) build on recent work in astro-green criminology and (3) analyse orbital debris from an astro-green perspective with a focus on social and ecological harms consistent with green-critical criminologies. Human-made active and defunct debris continues to accumulate in Earth orbit littering near-Earth orbital space. There are a small number of key drivers, including accidental collisions between objects, in-orbit explosions and anti-satellite missile testing. Such activities pollute Earth orbit causing problems for astronomy, space travel and human and non-human populations on Earth. This is a theoretical, literature-based analysis of orbital debris from an astro-green criminological perspective. Criminology has had little to say about space debris because its creation is not a criminal offence. This article makes a unique contribution to criminological literature by applying the emerging perspective of astro-green criminology to orbital debris. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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