Globalisation

Question 1

explanations of green crime

Answer 1

Global risk consciousness
grobal criminal economy
Glocal crime
globalisation, capitalism and crime

Question 2

What is global risk consciousness

Answer 2

Risks become more of a global issue due to globalisation

anxieties rise from things like immigration

leads to a rise in hate crime + social control + want to close borders

Question 3

What is glocal crime

Answer 3

Hierarchy of crime has changed

gone from mafia style organisations to loosely connected individuals

crime still on a local scale but supplied globally due to global connections e.g. drug crime

Question 4

Globalisation capitalism and crime

Answer 4

globalisation has changed the pattern and extent of crime on both ends of the social scale

TNCs - green crime + low pay in 3rd world countries + rich - hunting

gov policies driven wages down + widened inequality - poor turn to crime

Question 5

Globalisation and crime - global criminal economy

Answer 5

Castell states that globalisation had created more opportunities for criminal activity - global drugs trade

criminal economy worth $1 trillion a year

due to demand for its products and services in the west