Environmental criminal policy and cultural characteristics: The example of Eastern Siberia

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Abstract

Eastern Siberia has traditionally been a region where natural resources are actively extracted and processed. Prolonged anthropogenic impact has led to the emergence of numerous chronic environmental problems.

Some areas of the region have been exploited so intensively that they have effectively transformed into zones of ecological disaster—for example, the former chemical production site in Usolye-Sibirskoye and the sludge reservoirs of the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill.

At the same time, the criminal policy implemented through the detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes, as well as the imposition of penalties, does not fully correspond to the actual social danger of the offenses committed.

Our research suggests that the cultural characteristics of the local population exert a significant influence on criminal policy regarding environmental crimes and must be taken into account in its development and adjustment.

About the authors

Andrey G. Anisimov

Irkutsk institute (branch) of the all-Russian State University of Justice

Author for correspondence.
Email: 7821@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7114-9991
SPIN-code: 2581-8229

Cand. Sci. (Law), Assoc. Prof., Associate Professor of the Department of Criminal Procedure and forensic science

Russian Federation, Irkutsk

Roman A. Zabavko

Irkutsk State University

Email: zrairk@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1613-9317
SPIN-code: 2248-3852

Cand. Sci. (Law), Assoc. prof., Associate Professor of the Department of Criminal Procedure of the Law institute

Russian Federation, Irkutsk

Alexey I. Tsyretorov

St. Petersburg University of the Russian Interior Ministry

Email: alex.tsi@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6036-5886
SPIN-code: 1422-7641
ResearcherId: E-1801-2019

Cand. Sci. (Law), Assoc. Prof., Associate Professor of the Department of Criminal Procedure

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

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