globalisation, capitalism and crime

Question 1

what is demand?

Answer 1

• demand for products and services in the west

Question 2

what is supply?

Answer 2

-drug cultivation is an attractive option
-little investement in tech
-not requiring high prices comapred w traditional crops

Question 3

issues w globalisation and crime

Answer 3

-creates new insecurities and mentality of risk consciousness

Question 4

how has globalisation led to more crimes in bussiness industry

Answer 4

-shift manufacturing to low wage
countries
-providing job insecurties, unempolyment and poverty
-breach health and saftey and other labour laws

Question 5

how globalisation has led to more street crimes

Answer 5

-need local contacts and netwroks to find opportunties to sell their drugs

Question 6

whats ment by ‘glocal’ and how has globalisation led to this pattern of criminal organisation

Answer 6

-glocal= locally based, w global connections
-has allowed gang structures to become more loose, flexible, opportunisitic and entreperneural

Question 7

what is meant by ‘mcmafia’ how has globalisation led to this criminal organisation

Answer 7

-mcmafia are organisations that emerged in russia and eastern europe following the fall of communism
-many sectors became de regulated
-economic organisations pursue self interest