Globalisation and crime Flashcards
Marxists point
criminal global economy causes poor people to engage in crime to survive whilst crimes of the powerful are allowed
marxist evidence
Castelles
- demand - West has demand for goods and services like drugs creating a global criminal economy
2.supply - poverty created by capitalism forces people to supply these goods and services to survive like drug trafficking
marxist analysis
Taylor
Neoliberal globalization helps expand the global crime market.
• More people buy illegal goods like drugs because free-market policies make them richer.
• More people turn to crime because fewer jobs and less government support leave them struggling to survive.
postmodernist point
postmodern societies has connected societies globally through illegal activity
postmodernist evidence
Winlow
- Deindustrialisation
- Employment masculinity - bouncers
postmodernist analysis
Glenny
- the metanarrartive of marxism reduced because of the collapse of the USSR
- McMafia
- corruption - new businesses sold resourced to West to max profit
green criminology point?
crime against the environment is a global form of deviance
green criminology evidence
South
- destruction of earths resources e.g deforestation
- ignoring environmental regulations e.g hazardous waste
green criminology analysis
White
- humans and the environment are interwined
- shared harm- environmental harm also harms humans
Liberal point
international cooperation worldwide to prevent state crime
liberal evidence
Rothe and Mullins
- state crimes -> violates international +domestic laws
- war crime -> only self defence/UN security council approval e.g 1948 Universal declaration of human rights
Liberal analysis
Moravcsik
- international organisations to protect human rights
e.g the ICC (international criminal court)
- give out arrest warrants e.g the Israeli prime minister
Liberal evaluation
Schwendinger
- Marxist critique
- they ignore economic rights or crimes like racism
- focus on political rights
- masks r/c ownership of the state
