Globalisation & Crime Flashcards
List some causes of global crime
Technology Air travel Sex Drugs Supply and demand
What does Taylor say?
Globalised capitalist economy has caused more inequality between w/c and m/c crimes
Welfare cuts cause w/c to turn to crime
Who says glocal crime?
Hobbs and Dunningham
Hobbs and Dunningham
Glocal crime - globalisation and deindustrialisation cause new crime opportunities
Glocal organisation - although global take place in local areas
Why is global crime hard to police?
- countrys laws differ
- cooperation between countries is limited
What does Beck say about global crime?
It has caused a risk society, causing new sets of insecurities
Castells?
Argues the global crime economy is worth £1 trillion and includes crimes like human trafficking
Counter for castells
Research is difficuilt so we can never know the extent of global crime or if it is true what he says
Rothe?
Restructuring of Rwandan economy led to mass unemployment and was a key factor in the genocide
Links to marxism
Glenny
Mcmafia
