1st Edition

Food Crime An Introduction to Deviance in the Food Industry

By Matthew Robinson Copyright 2024
338 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

338 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

338 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book addresses the various forms of deviance and criminality found within the conventional food system. This system—made up of numerous producers, processors, distributors, and retailers of food—has significant, far-reaching consequences bearing upon the environment and society. Food Crime broadly outlines the processes and impacts of this food system most relevant for the academic... Read more

Chapter 1: An Introduction to "Food Crimes"

Chapter 2: The Conventional Food System

Chapter 3: What Americans Eat Chapter 4: The Food IS the Crime: Putting the Food Back into "Food Crime"

Chapter 5: Food AddictionChapter 6: Harms Associated with What We Eat

Chapter 7: Harms Associated with the System

Chapter 8: Culpability for Food CrimesChapter 9: Economic Benefits of the Food System

Chapter 10: Summary and the Future

References

Biography

Matthew Robinson is Professor of Government and Justice Studies at Appalachian State University. He is the author of 22 books, including Social Justice, Criminal Justice: The Role of American Law in Effecting and Preventing Social Change with Routledge, and more than 100 other publications. He is a past president of both the North Carolina Criminal Justice Association and the Southern Criminal Justice Association. He was recently ranked the 19th most influential criminologist in the world today. Robinson has been writing about the subject of "food crime" for several years.