Courtney Smith

Contact

• work
• lqxcs7@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Courtney is a PhD researcher with an interest in green criminology. Specifically, Courtney enjoys exploring the criminogenic nature of the current environmental crisis (with a focus on plastic pollution) and investigating the distribution of criminal responsibility for such acts. Courtney is also interested in critically thinking about how traditional criminological theory may apply in the context of green criminology, exploring the challenges and benefits that this may bring to mainstream understandings of 'crime' and 'justice'.

Teaching Summary

Courtney works as a Lecturer in Criminology at The University of Worcester teaching on a range of modules covering:

• Criminological Theory and Research Methods
• Contemporary and Global Issues in Criminology
• Cybercrime
• Media and Criminology

Past Research

Courtney's masters dissertation evaluated pre-existing empirical research and academic literature in order to analyse the concept of criminal accountability in the context of a variety of marine harms (plastic pollution, oil spills and climate change more broadly). This study included applying criminological theories and understandings of social harm and animal abuse to demonstrate the contemporary criminological relevance of environmental degradation.