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Chapter 3: Globalization and crime in contemporary society Flashcards

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1
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What percentage of TV is crime related?

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25%

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What does MADEL say about the media crime?

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Media over focuses on crime

-Makes it bigger deal than it is

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What does DITTON and DUFFY say about media and crime with sexual assult?

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46% of media reports were about violent or sexual crimes despite them only accounting for 3% of crime

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What were FELSON’S media fallacies?

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Media reporting reinforces:

Age fallacy- all age groups are involved in crime

Class fallacy- M/C more likely to be victims

Dramatic fallacy- media focuses on most violent crime

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What are some examples of moral panics?

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Knife crime- current

Islamic terrorism- 2000s

HIV and aids- 1980

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What is the functionalist view on moral panics?

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Society responds to anomie brought about by social change

Uphold social solidarity

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What does COHEN say moral panics could result in?

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They can cause ‘deviancy amplification’

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What does Neo-Marxist HALL say about moral panics?

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Capitalist state uses moral panics to divert attention from mismanagement of capitalism

Including wealth and income inequalities

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What is the Left realist viewpoint on moral panics?

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They reflect real concerns of marginalised groups

Often a very real threat

Has real negative outcomes

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What do Marxists believe about the effect of media representation in crime?

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Plays ideological role in society

Presents skewed picture to justify present system

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What does MARHIA say about the effect of media representation in crime?

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Offences reported were ‘outdoors’ by ‘monstrous’ bestial deviant strangers who use ‘extreme violence’ to overpower victims

-Only 13% rapes take place outdoors

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What does COHEN say about moral panics?

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Folk devils- are groups of deviants

Deviancy amplification = exaggeration in media

Media entrepreneurs react to media reports and condemn group

Leads to others copying behaviour and further disturbances

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What do interactionists say about crime in the media?

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The news is socially constructed and depends on the values of news agencies and journalists

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What does JEWKES say about the media as a possible cause of crime?

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New types of media have led to new types of crime

  • Cybercrime
  • NHS attack in 2017
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What is the Hyperdermic syringe model?

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Suggests there is a direct link between real life violence and anti-social behaviour in films

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What did HELD ET AL say about globalisation?

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Globalisation has led to the spread of transnational organised crime

Creates new opportunities for existing crime

Creates new ways of committing crime

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How much is globalisation of crime worth a year?

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£1 trillion

18
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Why are global crimes difficult to police?

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International laws are ill defined and international criminal justice agencies don’t have powers to pursue global crimes

Co-operation between international is hindered by conflict

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What did SOUTH say about primary and secondary green crime?

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Primary crime- direct result of deconstruction and degradation of the planets resources
(air pollution, deforestation, animal abuse)

Secondary crime- crimes that are a result of flouting existing laws and regulations
(dumping toxic waste, breaches of health and safety)

20
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What did BECK say about green crimes?

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Due to globalisation green crimes are on the increase

Globalisation led to demand for good so big multinational companies take risks to meet demand

21
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What are some examples of green crime?

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Chernobyl

BP oil spill

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What did WHITE say about the victims of green crimes?

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W/C people in developed countries are most likely to be victims of green crimes

At greatest risk from environmental pollution

23
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Why is it difficult to police green crime?

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Very few local/ international laws governing state of environment

International laws are difficult to construct

Laws that exist shaped by powerful capitalist interests

24
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What does Marxist SNIDER say about green crime?

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States are reluctant to pass laws and regulations against pollution and harm by private companies unless pressured to do so by the public

25
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How does CHAMBLISS define state crime affecting domestic law?

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Acts defined by law as criminal and committed by state officials in pursuit of jobs representative of the states

26
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How does ROTHE & MULLINS define state crime thorough international law?

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State crime is an action by or on behalf of a state that violates international law and a states own domestic law

27
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What is the definition of state crime through human rights by SCHWNDINGER?

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State crime should be defend as a violation of people’s basic human rights by the state and their agents.

28
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What is an example of state crime through domestic law?

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MP expenses scandal

29
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What is an example of state crime through international law?

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Holocaust

30
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What are 2 examples of political state crime?

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Political corruption-
Boris Johnson, promising things

Political censorship-
Iraq war, weapons of mass distruction

31
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What is economic state crime?

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Official violations of heath and safety laws

Economic policies which cause harm to the citizen

32
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What is an example of economic state crime?

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Chernobyl nuclear reactor

33
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What are some examples of social and cultural state crimes?

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ISIS destruction of churches in Afghan

Stephen Lawrence case

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Why is the culture of denial important in state crime according to COHEN?

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Spiral of state denial

  1. It didn’t happen
  2. If it did happen, it is something else
  3. Even if it is what it is, its justified
35
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Who suggested that the global criminal economy is worth over $1 trillion a year?

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Castells

36
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What is meant by the anthropocentric approach to green crime?

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Humans can exploit the environment

37
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How did Green and Ward define state crime?

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Crime against state or by state agencies

38
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What does GLENNY say about crime and globalisation?

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Globalized crime operates in the same way as any other business

Zones of production and distribution mainly found in developing world - characterised by ‘violence and bloodshed’

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What does BOX say about globalisation and crime?

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Global crime is committed by powerful people

They can ensure no laws exist to criminalize their activities

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