Globalisation

Question 1

According to Held et al what is globalisation?

Answer 1

globalisation is interconnectedness in all aspects of life in culture, criminality, financial, spiritual.

Question 2

Example of technological, economical and political globalisation.

Answer 2

Technological- microsoft teams during COVID.
Economical- 24-hour economy (Amazon).
Political- Western Leader’s frozen Russia’s bank.

Question 3

Define cultural globalisation

Answer 3

Movement of ideas, attitudes and cultural products across borders.
Global culture transmitted, reinforced by internet, media, transportation, marketing.
E.g., Migration.

Question 4

How does cultural globalisation leads to crime?

Answer 4

Cultural barriers broken due to media, easier movement of businesses and pp.

Isolated to specific area now global issue, opportunities for criminals to find new ways of committing crime.

Question 5

What crimes are promoted by globalisation?

Answer 5

Human trafficking.
Terrorism.
Money laundering.

Question 6

What is supply and demand of globalisation in terms of crime?

Answer 6

Supply- resources (drugs, sex workers).

Demand- organisations, pp, criminals need resources supplied for profitable means

Question 7

According to socialist Taylor, what has globalisation led to?

Answer 7

changes in patterns and extent of crimes by giving free reign to market forces.
Greater inequality/ rising crime rates.
Creation of crime from social elite and corporation to those in poverty.

Question 8

How has globalisation led to crime according to Left Realists?

Answer 8

Materialistic culture promoted by media portrays success as lifestyle/ consumption- creates insecurity/ inequalities encourage crime to achieve cultural goals.

E.g., In LA, de-industrialisation let to growth of drug gangs.

Question 9

According to Marxists, how has globalisation created opportunities for elite?

Answer 9

E.g., movement of money globally to avoid taxes etc is easier.

Question 10

According to Beck how has globalisation created a risk society?

Answer 10

developments in science/ tech= global warming, terrorism.

Conflicting findings in science made pp doubt science= uncertainty/ risk society.

Question 11

How do Left Realists support globalisation causing crime?

Answer 11

crime rates lower in 1939s than 80s despite great depression, justify relative deprivation/ globalisation than poverty that drives crime

Question 12

How do Right Realists critique globalisation causing crime?

Answer 12

neither poverty/ relative deprivation drives crime, welfare dependency leads to crime, separate to globalisation.