globalisation

Question 1

what is globalisation?

what is globalisation of crime? + sociologist

Answer 1

refers to increasing social, cultural, political, economic interconnectedness of societies

globalisation of crime = refers to increasing interconnectedness of crime across international borders
castell= now global criminal economy worth over 1trillion

Question 2

what are two types of globalised crime?

Answer 2

transnational crime = refers to crimes that crosses international borders e.g smuggling

transnational organised crime = refers to people coming together in criminal enterprise to exploit illegal opportunities for economic gain e.g mafia

Question 3

what are 3 examples of globalised organised crimes?

Answer 3

arms trafficking = includes illegal sale of weapons to guerella groups, terrorist and dictorial regimes

money laundering = money made through illegal activities has to be “cleaned”

trafficking endangered species = body parts of endangered species are often smuggled for traditional medicines

Question 4

what are 2 explanations for global crime?

Answer 4

Taylor = argues globalisation and free market forces have caused increase in both w.c and m.c crimes

working class crimes = enables large transnational cooperation to relocate their factories to ledcs where wages are lower and this leads to relative deprivation with material deprivation that causes crime.

m.c = unregulated global free market enables elite to commit white collar crimes and cooperate crimes such as tax evasion and fraudulent crimes

criticism : fails to explain why some people only turn to crime whilst majority are still law abiding

rothe and freidche argue that international organisations such as world bank and imf are dominated majority capitiast states - usa , japan and uk and they provide loans

• they impose pro capitalist and neo liberal economic “structural adjustments” programmes onto poorer countries as condition for loans they provide. this allows western countries spread into poor countries and this creates conditions for crime

Question 5

what are effects of globalised crime?
- global risk concious

Answer 5

global risk conscious = refers to increased awareness and insecurity felt by people on global scale.

for e.g increased migration across the world has created a fear in medcs about crimes immigrants may commit.