globalised crime

Question 1

transnational organised crime - arms trafficking

Answer 1

illegal supply of weapons to criminal organisations that aren’t supposed to have weapons e.g guerrilla groups - groups in country opposed to gov and aim to use violence to overthrow gov.

Question 2

transnational organised crime - people trafficking

Answer 2

illegal transportation of people from country to country for: illegal work, trafficking of human organs. Illegal immigrants - smuggling people from LEDC to MEDC and forcing them to work - 21st century slaves

Question 3

transnational organised crime - trafficking of endangered species

Answer 3

poachers kill baby animal’s parents to capture baby animal and sell abroad as ‘exotic pets’ or kill and sell elephant tusks or ivory.

Question 4

global causes of crime - taylor

Answer 4

globalisation enabled large transnational corporations to relocate factories to LEDCs where wages are lower - caused widespread unemployment and poverty among w/c and these people are targeted by mass media with consumerist messages - causes relative deprivation which, combined with material deprivation causes crime.

unregulated global free market enables companies to recruit staff on ‘flexible’ contracts for less than minimum wage or working illegally without H&S laws.

Question 5

taylor criticism

Answer 5

fails to explain why only some people turn to crime when majority are still law abiding

Question 6

global causes of crime - hobbs and dunningham

Answer 6

globalisation changed way crime is organised - glocal crime

in past crime organisations were localised, however new forms of organised crime involve individuals with contacts acting as a hub around which loose-knit networks form and collaborate on mutually beneficial criminal activity on international level

new forms of organised crime - glocal crime; locally based with global links

Question 7

hobbs and dunningham criticism

Answer 7

ignores extent to which crimes are still local