Water, Governance, and Crime Issues

Katja Eman is an Assistant Professor of Criminology at the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor, Slovenia. Her doctoral thesis was entitled Crimes against the environment - comparative criminology and criminal justice perspectives (2012), and she is the author of Environmental crime and criminology: crime phenomena and development of a green criminology in Slovenia (Scholar's Press, 2014). In 2016-2017, Dr. Eman participated in EU research on water crimes (2016-2017). Lorenzo Segato holds a PhD in criminology and is cofounder and researcher at RiSSC - Research Centre on Security and Crime, since 2004. His main fields of interest are corruption and environmental crimes, including forest crimes and, recently, water crimes. He has experience in managing international research projects, and in evaluation of national policies for national and International organizations. His articles, book chapter and reports have appeared in international and peer-reviewed publications, and he has been speaker at many national and international conferences. Massimo Migliorini , is a Senior Researcher at SiTI, he has a degree in chemical engineering (2003). Since 2005, he has worked at SiTI's Security & Safety department, focusing his activities on risk assessment and impact assessment methodologies for strategic infrastructures (including cross-border contexts). He has developed a deep knowledge and expertise in the field of risk assessment and security assessment, in particular against crimes and man-made attacks. He has specific knowledge of complex and networked systems, including cascading effects. Critical Infrastructures are another domain of expertise, with operations in the energy and water domain. He has played a central role in several projects funded by the EU (7FP, Alcotra, DG Home). He actively works in two priority research subjects for SiTI: security of cultural heritage (museums, archaeological sites, artworks) against anthropogenic threats (including terrorism), and the use of the INSPIRE Directive for civil protection purposes at transboundary level. Gorazd Mesko is a Professor of Criminology at the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor, Slovenia. He has recently completed a research project on legitimacy of policing, criminal justice and execution of penal sanctions (2013-2016). He has coedited books entitled Trust and Legitimacy in Criminal Justice: European Per spectives (Mesko & Tankebe; Springer, 2015) and Understanding threats to the Environments (Mesko, Dimitrijevic & Fields; Springer, 2011). He participated in EU research on water crimes in 2016-2017 and is currently a lead researcher in a national research project on safety and security in local communities (2015-2018).

Introduction.- Part 1: Water Crimes from a Criminological and Policy Perspective.- Water Crimes as part of Environmental Criminology.- Water Protection: Constitutional and Administrative Law Perspectives.- Privatization of Water and the Rule of Law.- Building the Water Crimes Industry.- Water Crimes as a Global Issue.- Part 2: Water Crimes in Practice: Case Studies.-Water Crimes in Italy.- Water Crimes in Spain.- Water Crimes in Slovenia.- Water Pollution from Gold Mines: Acid Mine Drainage in South Africa.- Turning Water into Money: Pirates, Plunder and Privatization of Freshwater.- Dysfunctional Water Treatment Plants in the Garment Industry.- Waste Management and Sewage in South Africa.- Organized Crime Activities and Water.- Conclusion.