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Fast Fashion: A Case of Social Harm and State‐Corporate Crime
Author(s) -
SIMONČIČ KATJA
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the howard journal of crime and justice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.462
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2059-1101
pISSN - 2059-1098
DOI - 10.1111/hojo.12435
Subject(s) - harm , relevance (law) , context (archaeology) , criminology , capitalism , state (computer science) , sociology , green criminology , corporate crime , political science , law , history , criminal justice , computer science , politics , archaeology , algorithm
In this article, harm that occurs as a consequence of inadequate health and safety conditions in the production of fast fashion is highlighted as a representative example of a practice that is harmful, yet normalised in the context of neoliberal capitalism. This harmful practice is analysed with the help of two concepts which originate from critical criminology: the concept of social harm as defined by Pemberton (2016) as well as Michalowski and Kramer's (2007) concept of state‐corporate crime. The article aims to emphasise the criminological relevance of harmful, yet normalised practices such as fast fashion and to demonstrate the usefulness of the two concepts to do so.