12. Impact of Globalisation on crime Flashcards
Define Globalisation
The increased interconnectedness of nations through advanced communication technologies and transport links
What do sociologists call globalisation making it easier for crime to occur?
The dark side of globalisation
New types of global crime examples
-International illegal drugs trade
-Human trafficing
-Smuggling of illegal immigrants
-Cyber crime
What are the ways globalisation has aided the growth of global crime?
-Deterritorialisation
-Fast transport
-Technological advances
-Easy communication
-Operating transantionally helps recuse risk and increase profit
What is transnational organised crime?
When a crime is planned in, committed in and/or affects more than one state and if it involves long term planning of serious criminal activities by 3 or more people.
What are Established Mafias?
Active for many years, organised around family and ethnic characteristics. e.g the Italian-American mafia
What is the Newer organised crime group?
These emerged after globalisation and collapse of Russian and Eastern European communist regimes. They link to eachother to form a network of transnational organised crime
How are local organisations important to global crime?
Without local networks the global network could not operate and vice versa
Why is global crime hard to control?
-Digital communication networks makes arrangements easier, less likely to be discovered.
-Lax governments in some counties
-Organised crime closely linked to corruption in government
-Fast Transport from one country to another
-Lack of attention
Why is global crime difficult for sociologists to research?
-Requires specialist skills
-Requires secondary stats not always available
-Primary research would be dangerous, dealing with most potful and onerous people in world
-Doesn’t impact most peoples daily lives
What is a major cause of international crime?
Global inequality
What does operating transnationally reduce and increase?
Reduces risk and increases profit. global crime tends to centre in countries with weaker law enforcement.
How has detteritorialisation aided crime?
Crime networks can cut across national boundaries. Moving from one country to another has never been easier.
How has fast transport aided crime?
People and goods can move quickly, easily and cheaply across national boundaries meaning smuggling and traffiking is possible often without border checks.
How has Technological advances aided crime?
Aided the development of a global criminal economy. There are complex interconnections between criminal networks
