Globalisation and Crime

Question 1

Define Globalisation

Answer 1

The increasing interconnectedness of societies - what happens in one locality is shaped by distant events and vice versa.

Question 2

What is Held’s definition of Globalisation

Answer 2

The widening, deepening and speeding up of the world-wide interconnectedness.

Question 3

What does Castells argue

Answer 3

He argues there is now a global criminal economy worth over £1 trillion per annum which takes a number of forms.

Question 4

Name some of the forms within the Global Criminal Economy

Answer 4

Drug Trade
Money Laundering
Human Trafficking

Question 5

What are the steps of the Global Risk Consciousness

What is it, Moral Panics, The results?

Answer 5

The wide movement around the world makes people more conscious of the risks associated with globalisation.
For example, Asylum seekers has given rise to anxieties about the risks of crime and the need to protect their borders.
Much of this knowledge comes from the media - exaggerated views creates moral panics.
Negative coverage of immigrants leads to hate crimes.
Leads to tighter restrictions and border control.

Question 6

What did Marxist Taylor say about Globalisation

Transnational Corporations

Answer 6

He argues it has led to greater inequality and has allowed transnational corporations to switch manufacturing to low wage countries, producing job insecurity and poverty.

Question 7

What is Deregulation (Taylor)

Answer 7

Government have little control over their economies, for example to create jobs or raise taxes, while state spending on welfare has declined.

Question 8

How has Deregulation and Transnational Corporations Created more Opportunities for Crime

Answer 8

The lack of legitimate job opportunities destroys self respect and drives the unemployed to look for illegitimate job opportunities.