Etrospective analysis of criminal-legal and criminological measures to ensure environmental safety the problem of high latency of environmental crime and solutions in the context of digitalization

In the present article, the author conducts a retrospective analysis of criminal law and criminological (preventive) state measures to ensure environmental safety and the conservation of natural resources. In the article, the author demonstrates the modification of criminal legislation aimed at preserving the main components of the natural environment, which depends on the development of society and its economic activities. In addition, the subject of the article is the designation of the relevance of the conservation of natural resources at all times, including the deterrence of illegal actions with the use of criminal and criminological measures. The purpose of the article is to indicate by the author a fairly high latency of environmental crime in Russia. Statistical indicators of the studied category of crime and the ongoing socio-economic processes in society question its real state. In this regard, the author of the article identifies a number of problematic factors that affect the provision of environmental safety by measures of criminal law and criminological influence. At the same time, in order to reduce the latency of environmental crime, the author proposes a number of measures of a state and managerial nature, including the use of modern digital technologies, resources and surveillance systems.

Corruption as a factor in urban environmental crime

The proposed article is devoted to studying issues related to the scientific and practical understanding of the impact of corruption on environmental crime in cities. Based on the analysis of empirical data, the authors conclude the existence of objective causes of environmental crime in cities and its high latency. Along with high urbanization, the Russian economy has been focusing on mining since Soviet times. Combustion of hydrocarbons, automobile fuel, gas, and large industrial enterprises seriously degrades the ecological situation, especially in industrial cities. At the same time, according to the authors, corruption acts as a bright background for committing environmental crimes. The article states the coincidence of the most common causes and conditions of corruption and environmental attitudes (low income of officials; low morale and ethical qualities of officials, shortcomings of the current legislation), which indicates a close correlation between corruption and environmental crime. In addition, it is proposed to strengthen the specialized environmental function of government bodies, including prosecutors, including the creation of such bodies in all environmentally disadvantaged cities, as well as the inclusion of civil society institutions and environmental activists in the state environmental monitoring system, subject to the appropriate conditions.

Environmental crimes and green criminology in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is an environmentally vulnerable country, where environmental crimes are massive and common. However, the environmental crime prevention mechanism in the country is very weak, and traditional policing is utilized to stop these crimes. Therefore, the green criminological approach to prevent environmental crimes in Bangladesh is underdeveloped in many ways, with a total absence of the green policing model. Hence, this study focuses on attaining a critical understanding of environmental crimes in Bangladesh by exploring the key underlying factors of environmental crimes. It also attempts to contribute to the environmental crime prevention mechanism by recommending a green policing model, while identifying the key weaknesses of the existing environmental crime prevention approach. This article implements the qualitative technique of data collection, and the analysis is based on an in-depth interview of 25 respondents, belonging to different categories of stakeholders, and participant observation. It also analyses the content of newspapers to understand the patterns of environmental crimes in Bangladesh. This article finds that environmental crimes are propagated by several political, economic, institutional, and social elements, such as the political affiliation of criminals, economic profit from natural resources, absence of institutional collaboration, and lack of social consciousness. The issue has become further aggravated due to the weakness of the crime prevention mechanism. Thus, the findings of this study suggest that environmental crimes in Bangladesh should be considered and understood from green criminological perspectives and the development of a green policing model would be effective in reducing environmental crimes in the country.

Forensic medical determination of harm caused to human health in environmental crime cases

The article describes one of the most urgent needs of the investigation the development of a fundamentally new approach to the forensic medical assessment of harm to human health caused by environmental crimes. Th e special signifi cance of new approaches to establishing a causal relationship between a committed environmental off ense and harm to life and (or) health, including for distinguishing from other possible anthropogenic impacts, is shown. A practical example of expert assistance to the investigation in establishing the circumstances to be proved during the investigation of an environmental crime is given.