Compare environmental and traditional crimes, identify reasons why they are treated differently, and discuss how the core value of responsible stewardship might be used to improve this view.

For this module, it is generally believed that most police officers do not view environmental crimes as important as more traditional crimes. Based upon your reading and understanding of Chapters 6 and 7 of our textbook and other relevant sources, compare environmental and traditional crimes, identify reasons why they are treated differently, and discuss how the core value of responsible stewardship might be used to improve this view.