Globalisation, green crime, human rights & state crime

Question 1

How much is the global economy worth to whom? and why?

Answer 1

Castells believes the global economy is worth $1 trillion. This is through drugs, sex-tourism, cyber crimes, human trafficking, and illegal immigrants

Question 2

Which Marxist comments on the growth of crime and what does he say??

Answer 2

Taylor says due to an increase of TNC’s and imposed neo-liberal policies there has been an increase in poverty and by extension, crime. could affect us, susan George debt boomerangs

Question 3

What did Hobbs & Dunningham say about the change is crime organisations?

Answer 3

There has been a movement to glocal organisations. These are people with contacts and form a lose knit organisation with them in the middle and is used for things such as drug trade.

Question 4

What did Glenny say about the changes in crime organisations?

Answer 4

McMafia. The fall of communism led to high export deals and so emerged groups based not on families ties but purely economical ones acting as hit men.

Question 5

What type of society are we in now?

Answer 5

A global risk society: Current big threats are man made and not natural e.g. global warming instead of floods

Question 6

What are the different types of state crime and according to whom?

Answer 6

McLaughlin: Political crimes (censorship, corruption) security/policing crimes (torture/genocide), economic crimes, and cultural crimes (institutionalised racism e.g. Stephen Lawrence)

Question 7

How do countries deny state crime?

Answer 7

Cohen’s spiral of denial. We didn’t do it, if we did it its not what you think it was, if we did do it then its justified.

Question 8

What are the dangers of state crime according to Bauman?

Answer 8

Victims are dehumanised and mass murder becomes routine e.g. Nazis. could this be linked to Trump and islamophobia?