Samenvatting

In recent years, the harmful effects of human activities on the environment have become a central topic on the international agenda. While many harms against the environment have not (yet) been criminalized, more and more activities that were previously legal are becoming criminalized by law and that raises important criminological questions. This article will therefore discuss various forms of environmental crimes, the process of criminalization of harms against the environment, and the importance of a broad harm principle to understand environmental crime from a green criminological perspective.