Survey data for: Environmental Crimes and Illegal Waste Trade.

The dataset includes the survey questions and answer for the primary sources of the Master Thesis in International Environmental Studies, entitled "Environmental Crimes and Illegal Waste Trade. A Study of the Perception of Seriousness of Environmental Crimes related to Slow Violence and Ecomafie in the Province of Brescia, Italy". Environmental crimes of the illegal waste trade committed by mafia-type organisations have been expanding in different areas of Italy, especially in the North of the country. The master thesis aims to understand the characteristic of the illegal waste trade whenever "ecomafie" are involved. The project aims to read these illegal activities through the lens of the slow violence theory, by addressing the perceptions of the inhabitants of the area regarding the seriousness of environmental crimes. The qualitative research is based on data collected by an on-line survey, included in this dataset. The survey was carried out in Italian and later translated and analysed in English. The data were collected using a snowball method.

本数据集收录了国际环境研究硕士论文《环境犯罪与非法废料贸易：关于意大利布雷西亚省环境犯罪严重性的感知及其与缓慢暴力和生态黑手党相关的探讨》的调研问题和答案。意大利境内，尤其是北部地区，由黑帮式组织犯下的非法废料贸易环境犯罪正不断蔓延。该硕士论文旨在探究当涉及“生态黑手党”时非法废料贸易的特征。该项目旨在透过缓慢暴力理论这一视角来审视这些非法行为，通过分析当地居民对环境犯罪严重性的认知。该定性研究基于在线调查收集的数据，该数据集包含在内。调查以意大利语进行，随后被翻译并使用英语进行分析。数据收集采用滚雪球法。