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Crime, Criminal Justice and Ethics in Outer Space: International Perspectives

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Crime, Criminal Justice and Ethics in Outer Space: International Perspectives

Author: Yarin Eski; Jack Lampkin
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781032567914
Published In: May 2026
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Breaking new ground in criminology, this book reflects on the expansion of outer space endeavours, the new pathways this presents for crime, challenges to Earth-based conceptions of justice, and the ethical issues raised.

This book is the first edited collection of chapters focused on how to prepare for, address and respond to, instances of criminal and harmful behaviour in (and related to) outer space. It also considers what criminal justice might look like in outer space, and how the important arena of ethics might help play a pivotal role in helping overcome problems related to crime and crime control. The book comprises twenty-six chapters from authors spanning six continents, giving a truly international dimension to the first anthology relating to the intersection of space criminology, space criminal justice and space ethics. It is this international dimension that is essential to the development of a holistic understanding of crime, criminal justice and ethics in outer space.

Exploring recent topics, including the dark origin of space exploration, expansion of satellite industries, space tourism, asteroid mining, and human-settlement on the Moon and Mars, the book will appeal to space professionals, and students and researchers working in criminology, critical security studies, law, and ethics.

Introduction – Exploring the Final Frontier of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Ethics Scholars Together in Outer Space

Yarin Eski & Jack Lampkin

1. Scientific Crimes Against Humanity for all Humankind: Accounting for the Space Legacy of Aryan Criminology and Nazi Aerospace Science

Yarin Eski

2. What on Earth is Happening in Outer Space? Questioning the Space Oligarchy

Rob White

3. Imagining Space Crime: Using Virtual Reality to Advance our Understanding of Space Crime

Iris van Sintemaartensdijk

4. Resource Exploitation in Outer Space: The Potential of Crime Scripting as a Prevention Tool for Environmental Space Crime

Emilia Ziosi

5. Cynical Actors in the Age of Transparency: Illegal Warfare and State Propaganda in a Glass House

Bruno Reynaud de Sousa

6. A Space Brutality: Satellite-Enabled Perpetration of Mass Image-Based Sexual Violence

Valérie Pijlman

7. Space Victimology: Out of the Dark and into the Light

Jack Lampkin

8. Connecting the Analogue Dots: Insights into the Future of Space Crime, Criminal Justice, and Ethics Now

Rebecca Kaiser

9. “If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long:” Environmental Decline, Elite Escapes, and Space Colonies

Anita Lam, Nigel South & Avi Brisman

10. Harnessing Science Fiction to Reimagine Criminal Justice in Space: Opportunities and Risks

Erika Nesvold

11. Defining Space Debris Policy: A Perspective from Rawls’ Veil of Ignorance

Sabine Winters

12. Atmospheric Justice: Visualizing Atmospheric Harm by the Global Space Exploration Industry using Treadmill of Production Theory

Jack Lampkin & José Luis Carpio-Domínguez

13. ‘Spaceport of Call’: Developing a Geopolitical-Criminological Perspective on Spaceport Crime and Policing

Sarah Poss, Yarin Eski & Jack Lampkin

14. Towards International Criminalization for Orbital Debris Pollution

Eman Aboelkhair

15. The Legal Framework for Policing Outer Space