SOME ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN GREEN CRIMINOLOGY: CASE STUDY IN ALBANIA

Criminology has experienced rapid growth in the last three decades.This growth is not only in terms of its independence from other branches of science, such as Law or Sociology, but also in its increasing influence in drafting sustainable criminal policies.These developments in the science of criminology underscore the need to analyze its situation regarding environmental policies, known as green criminology, where it is perceived as not being at the highest levels of development.More specifically, we will examine whether scientific criminological thought in Albania influences the development of environmental criminal policies.Assuming we can speak of an Albanian science of Criminology, we have collected and reviewed dissertations primarily focused on an element related to the field of green criminology, which were defended at the Faculty of Law, University of Tirana.The review process is to identify and examine the hypotheses and objectives.We then examined whether scientific green criminological thought in Albania plays a role in drafting environmental criminal policies.