Globalisation and Crime

Question 1

Give 6 ways in which globalisation has led to an increase in crime

Answer 1

• Scale of global crimes (new opportunities, new means to commit them etc.)
• Increase in new types of crime
• State crimes
• Human rights crimes (violation of human rights)
• White collar crime (occupational and corporate)
• Green crime - crimes against the environment

Question 2

Give an example of the scale of global crimes and conflicting evidence

Answer 2

• Transport and technology (trafficking is easier)

- These crimes have always existed they’re just seen as more common due to better surveillance

Question 3

Give an example of new crime and conflicting evidence

Answer 3

• Cyber crimes (dark web, hacking etc.)

- Displacement - A new way of committing crime, hasn’t led to an increase

Question 4

Give an example of state crimes and conflicting evidence

Answer 4

• Nazi Germany

- Invisible in democratic states due to being covert

Question 5

Give an example of human rights crimes and conflicting evidence

Answer 5

• Creation of the UN after the Holocaust

- Difficult to police due to undercover trafficking etc.

Question 6

Give an example of white collar crime and conflicting evidence

Answer 6

• French breast implant scandal

- Workers are socialised into crime in the workplace (not due to globalisation)

Question 7

Give an example of green crime and conflicting evidence

Answer 7

• BP Oil Spill (bribery to avoid regulations)

- Not all countries sign up to global environmental agreements (e.g. US and China unlikely to)

Question 8

What are the 4 types of state crimes?

Answer 8

• Political crime (e.g. censorship)
• Crimes by security or police (e.g. genocide)
• Economic crimes (e.g. official violations of health and safety laws)
• Social and cultural crimes (e.g. insitutional racism)

Question 9

What 6 points would be discussed for corporate crime?

Answer 9

• White collar crime
• Different types of corporate crime
• Invisibility - social class
• Visibility - financial crisis
• Negotiation of justice
• Strain theory

Question 10

What 6 points would be discussed for state crime?

Answer 10

• Political crime
• Crime by security
• Economic crime
• Social and cultural crime
• The state is the source of law
• Problems researching state crime

Question 11

Which 5 points would be discussed for human rights crime?

Answer 11

• Violation of human rights
• Crimes being constructed by the state
• Policing human rights crime
• Victims of human rights crime
• How it’s increased due to globalisation