Results 251 to 260 of about 570,892 (308)

A Handbook of Food Crime

2018
This book contextualises, evaluates, and problematises the (lack of) legal and regulatory organisation involved in the many processes of food production, distribution, and consumption. Turning a criminological gaze on the conditions under which food is (un)regulated, this book encompasses a range of discussions on the problematic conditions under which
  +6 more sources

Food: Crime, Harm and Regulation

Studi sulla questione criminale, 2023
We begin by outlining the nature of the global food industry – a complex network of activities relating to the supply and consumption of food products across the world which impacts significantly upon the health and indeed sustainability of planet earth and its people.
Whyte, D, Tombs, S
openaire   +2 more sources

Food and Crime

European Journal of English Studies, 2010
This article discusses the use of food as a metaphor and theme in Jay Rayner's The Oyster House Siege and Andrea Camilleri's The Snack Thief. By exploring the manner in which food and eating are related to crime and its investigation, the figure of the detective and the development of the genre itself, concepts of identity and the way they are ...
openaire   +2 more sources

State Food Crimes

2016
Some states deny their own citizens one of the most fundamental human rights: the right to food. Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann, a leading scholar of human rights, discusses state food crimes, demonstrating how governments have introduced policies that cause malnutrition or starvation among their citizens and others for whom they are responsible.
openaire   +2 more sources

Food crime and green criminology

2020
This chapter seeks to highlight the ways in which green criminology can contribute to a more nuanced understanding of food crime and the harms it can entail. The authors begin with a survey of food crime typologies, focussing on two broad categories: (1) food crimes defined as such by legal standards (including food adulteration, counterfeiting and ...
Wesley Tourangeau, Amy Fitzgerald
openaire   +1 more source

Technology, novel food and crime

2018
Thanks to technological development, how food is produced has been improving to provide more diverse and innovative food, as is the case of novel food. Yet, technological innovation also introduces the risks and facilitates crime opportunities that threatens social security in general and food safety in particular.
Juanjuan Sun, Xiaocen Liu
openaire   +1 more source

A food crime perspective

2018
A food crime perspective involves an evaluation of the (lack of) criminal, legal, and regulatory organisation, and the insufficient, ineffective, or lack of enforcement, which surrounds the criminal behaviour and social harms produced within systems of food production, processing, marketing, distribution, selling, consumption, and disposal, victimising
openaire   +1 more source

Food Justice as Crime Prevention

Journal of Food Law & Policy, 2009
In December 2008, Governor David Paterson (D-NY) proposed an 18 percent tax on nondiet sodas and fruit drinks containing less than 70 percent natural fruit juice. While the tax was part of a broader budget proposal designed to address New York State's fiscal crisis - a plan that that included new taxes and tax hikes on 137 items and services' - state ...
openaire   +1 more source

Food Crime and the UK's Food Crime Unit

2017
The aim of this paper is to outline the nature and characteristics of food crime and to provide a short case study of the establishment of the National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) in the UK. The findings reveals that food crime is complex and well-hidden or disguised, that it can have a wide range of impacts on the economy and society but that, to date, it ...
Jones, Peter   +2 more
openaire  

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy