University of Guilan (with the participation of the Iranian Association of Penal Law) Criminal Law Research 2322-2328 11 1 2020 07 22 Green Cultural Criminology: From Etiology to Prevention Green Cultural Criminology: From Etiology to Prevention 75 102 4212 10.22124/jol.2020.12114.1622 FA Esmail Rahiminejad Associate professor of law, University of Tabriz Journal Article 2018 12 30 Traditional approach to economic growth along with industrialization, civilization increasing growth of population and Capital Empire has faced contemporary world with serious crises. So that the protection of environment has become the main concern of  the universal society.’ Green cultural criminology”asa new critical apprroach , aiming at challenging this traditional and nonecological approach, protection of environment, etiology and prevention of environmental crimes, has been entered into the area of contemporary critical criminology since the early of 21th century. This article, using descriptive-analytical method, has illustrated this new approach. The findings shows that green cultural criminology insists upon ”organizational criminal culture”, ”modern consumerist culture” ”political economy” and ”media representation” in etiology of environmental crimes .Based on these findings, it stresses on changing and reforming the anomic and nonecological structures of society from the political, economic, cultural and legal point of view as the most important and influential measures for prevention of environmental crimes and unsustainable behaviors. Traditional approach to economic growth along with industrialization, civilization increasing growth of population and Capital Empire has faced contemporary world with serious crises. So that the protection of environment has become the main concern of  the universal society.’ Green cultural criminology”asa new critical apprroach , aiming at challenging this traditional and nonecological approach, protection of environment, etiology and prevention of environmental crimes, has been entered into the area of contemporary critical criminology since the early of 21th century. This article, using descriptive-analytical method, has illustrated this new approach. The findings shows that green cultural criminology insists upon ”organizational criminal culture”, ”modern consumerist culture” ”political economy” and ”media representation” in etiology of environmental crimes .Based on these findings, it stresses on changing and reforming the anomic and nonecological structures of society from the political, economic, cultural and legal point of view as the most important and influential measures for prevention of environmental crimes and unsustainable behaviors. https://jol.guilan.ac.ir/article_4212_025017b04bb1aef840625c3dbf47b0c4.pdf