From the “Who freaking cares about the carbon footprint of criminals?” department comes this inane study that only a fully invested warmist could give a rats posterior about. With statements like this: “to ignore these carbon emissions risks crime prevention strategies being unsustainable.” one wonders if the author of the study really understands that the real goal of crime prevention strategies is to reduce crime, not a carbon footprint or to be “sustainable”. Sheesh, I’m beginning to think that this comment yesterday on the “weather whiplash” story might might merit after all:
How about a policy of regular drug testing of professors? If they drug test air traffic controllers why not the people who teach our children? – Bob Osborn 2017/03/29 at 10:01 am
The carbon footprint of crime has fallen, study finds
The study, published in the British Journal of Criminology, applied estimates of the carbon footprint of criminal offences to police-recorded crime and self-reported victimisation survey data, to estimate the carbon footprint of crime in England and Wales between 1995 and 2015.
The study was conducted by Helen Skudder at the University of Surrey and supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Home Office, and Secured by Design Police Crime Prevention Initiatives Limited.
The carbon footprint of acquisitive and violent crime was estimated at around 7 million tonnes CO2e in 1995, falling to below 3 million tonnes CO2e by 2015. This represents a substantial carbon drop of 62% and a total cumulative reduction of 54 million tonnes CO2e over this period.
Research lead Helen Skudder said: “All public bodies, organisations and businesses must reduce their carbon emissions wherever possible, so to ignore these carbon emissions risks crime prevention strategies being unsustainable. Our study has shown that the carbon emissions have fallen further than the rate of crime, with a 48% carbon drop observed alongside a 30% crime drop.”
Focusing on areas that resulted in the majority of emissions reductions may offer the best potential opportunities for further decreasing the carbon footprint in the future. These include burglary and vehicle offences, which reduce the need to replace stolen or damaged items, which was found to contribute substantially to the footprint.
The relationship between the drop in crime and drop in carbon footprint is complex. A 30% drop in police-recorded crime between 1995 and 2015 resulted in a 48% reduction of carbon emissions. This clearly demonstrates that there is not a straightforward relationship between the number of offences and the resulting carbon footprint. This study adds to previous research on the carbon footprint of crime, and the results presented in the paper are an important contribution towards a growing connection between crime prevention and sustainability agendas.
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The full study can be accessed online here: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azx009
Absolute insanity. These people have elevated Navel – gazing to Sheaksperian heights of, er, ‘Brillance’.
What a load of hooey! Seriously?
“A study led by an Engineering Doctorate student at the University of Surrey has found that the carbon footprint of crime over the last 20 years has fallen.”
How can that be? In planet GIGO exhaling is a crime.
“The carbon footprint of acquisitive and violent crime was estimated at around 7 million tonnes CO2e in 1995, falling to below 3 million tonnes CO2e by 2015”. Is that because armed robbers are now using Priuses?
Honestly this makes me ashamed to be an alumnus of this institution
I offer this set of rules for all criminals to follow in order to show your concern for the environment.
– All getaway cars must have a fleet average 38.4 mpg.
– NO idling when waiting outside the bank for the inside men to return with the loot. Better yet, a full electric vehicle is highly recommended.
– All money bands wrapping the stolen cash should be placed in paper recycling bins.
– Firing a gun burns fossil fuels. Consider carrying a crossbow as your primary weapon.
– Illegal immigration, already noted for it’s high utilization of multi-passenger conveyance, could be even better. Stuff a few more people in the back of those trucks.
– Stop smoking illegal substances. This burning releases toxic CO2 into the atmosphere. Instead, cultivate a large mass of marijuana plants, and then bury them.
– add your own suggestions to this crucial topic
How does the energy of cranking that crossbow compare to the fossil fuels used in firing a gun? Not to mention the effort needed to carry the heavier crossbow?
Does anyone remember the movie “THX 1138”? The authorities call off the pursuit of THX when it exceeds the funds allocated to it. So maybe we will pursue criminals only as long as our carbon footprint allows. Prius cars for cops!
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That comment has merit, …….. but it sure as ell doesn’t have the support or backing of academic/educational administrators or employees.
The State of West Virginia passed a Law that mandates all High School students who want to participate in/on Team Sports must pass a “drug test” ……. but any and all attempts to pass a Law that mandates “drug testing” of school Administrators, Teachers, Coaches or any other school employee has failed to be implemented by the State Legislature.
HA, you can have a “drug using” Teacher selling “drugs” to the students …… but you can have the students who are buying those “drugs” playing team sports.
Again, the onward feminization of Climate science continues as it gets more hysterical. Where are Trenberth, Schmidt, Steig, Gergis? Whatever happened to Lewandowski? Cowan and Way, Marcotte, Turney? Unsustainable crime policing takes its place along with the issue of the gender of ice and the climate music of snapping shrimp!
Am I the only one chronicling this paradigm shift in climate science as it slips into chaos and a more caring, nurturing, sustainable, arty regimen. Are we to endure more subsidized climate stage plays, musicals, diversity, T circles, quilting bees? Is homogenizarion of the temperature record now going to go through estrogenization and tropical menopausal hotspots?
It really warms my heart to know that our criminals are doing their bit to save the planet. It just goes to show that nobody is all bad.
…Well, the only thing I can think of to say is… “N.U.T.S.” !.
How about drug testing for doctoral candidates?
this study clearly shows some one closed too many mental institutions
Almost understandable for arsonist, not so much when it’s just Big Frankie’s body getting re-purposed in the cut-priced supermarket hot-dogs.