In this article, harm that occurs as a consequence of inadequate health and safety conditions in the production of fast fashion is highlighted as a representative example of a practice that is harmful, yet normalised in the context of neoliberal capitalism. This harmful practice is analysed with the help of two concepts which originate from critical criminology: the concept of social harm as defined by Pemberton (2016) as well as Michalowski and Kramer's (2007) concept of state‐corporate crime. The article aims to emphasise the criminological relevance of harmful, yet normalised practices such as fast fashion and to demonstrate the usefulness of the two concepts to do so.

With Chinese language gaining more and more popularity among Slovenian students and with the growing numbers of learners of Chinese as a foreign language in Slovenia and elsewhere it is crucial to find an approach that will lead to high quality and long-term knowledge of Chinese and that will motivate learners to continue learning.We can speak of two basic approaches to teaching Chinese vocabulary: the approach that first introduces pronunciation and the approach that simultaneously introduces pronunciation and character. The key question that arises is which of the two approaches leads to high quality and long-term knowledge? To answer the question an experimental case study was carried out at Ljubljana’s Faculty of Arts in the academic year 2011/2012. The case study showed that the approach that simultaneously introduces pronunciation and character and is based on the key principles of constructivist learning theory had beneficial effects on the students in terms of motivation and quality of knowledge of Chinese vocabulary.

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