Crime And Deviance 5 - Globalisation

Question 1

Globalisation and Crime evidence (ish)?

Answer 1

Internet identity theft, ‘scams’, links to terrorism
Estimate $300-400 billion for annual drugs trade
Castells (1998) global criminal economy worth over £1 trillion per annum
Columbia 20% of population depends on cocaine production

Question 2

Socialist view on crime and deviance?

Answer 2

Taylor (1997) globalisation given free rein to market forces
Left realists, increasingly materialistic culture promoted by global media says success = consumption
Marketisation promotes individualism which undermines social cohesion
Elite groups: movement of funds around globe to avoid tax, migrant workers can be illegally employed for less than minimum wage

Question 3

Hobbs and Dunningham theory?

Answer 3

Organisation is opportunistic entrepreneurial individual with contacts
Contrasts with rigid ‘mafia’ style in the past
Crime is ‘glocal’, still locally based but with global connections e.g. drugs

Question 4

Glenny (2008) theory?

Answer 4

Organisations in Russia and East Europe post communism ‘mcmafia’
After communisms fall most sectors were deregulated except for natural resources like oil
Old KGB generals bought up these sectors for almost nothing and sold these abroad, becoming the new capitalist class
They then turned to ex-convict/mafia to protect their wealth, and were purely economic, not traditional