Various Dimensions of Impact of Climate on Criminality

Abstract

Climate is one component that impacted human nature and civilization from time immemorial. From the viewpoint of environmental determinism, human activities are dominated by climatic elements like temperature, humidity, and seasonal variations. Deviance from the moral code of conduct is one of the important aspects of social pathology which hampers the overall sustainability of human society. Deviant forms of behaviour very often take the form of crime. Criminal offences always go against the balance between the environment and humanity. Research is going on for a long time to understand the proper correlation between climatic elements and criminality. Though they may sound quite detached from each other: climate and crime, criminologists and social theorists have been regularly studying the impact of climate change on the change in the nature of criminal offences. The present article is intended to review the major trend of the studies regarding this issue.