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Preliminary insights on green criminology in Malaysia

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  • Redvin Bilu
  • Faizah Darus
  • Haslinda Yusoff
  • Intan Salwani Mohamed

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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent of environmental offences committed in Malaysia charged under the Environmental Quality Act 1974 (EQA1974). Design/methodology/approach - This study used secondary data of the environmental court cases report by the Department of Environment (DOE) Malaysia from 2008 until 2016 to examine the nature of environmental offences based on the Treadmill of Production (ToP) approach. Findings - In comparison with the GDP growth (Department of Statistic Malaysia, 2016), the findings support ToP argument that as far as the treadmill accelerates, the more would be the environmental crime committed. However, all offences charged were weighted more on the ecological additions rather than ecological withdrawn. The trend analysis showed a decreasing trend for all types of offences committed, reflecting that Malaysia's regulatory authorities are committed to fighting against environmental crime perpetrators. Therefore, all parties must be made to internalise the values of conducting business sustainably. Originality/value - This paper is the first that examines the environmental offences committed in Malaysia using the ToP approach to analyse the nature of the crime committed in Malaysia associated with the growing literature of Green Criminology.

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  • Redvin Bilu & Faizah Darus & Haslinda Yusoff & Intan Salwani Mohamed, 2021. "Preliminary insights on green criminology in Malaysia," Journal of Financial Crime, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 29(3), pages 1078-1090, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:jfcpps:jfc-06-2021-0122
    DOI: 10.1108/JFC-06-2021-0122
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