PATTERNS OF CRIME IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT

Question 1

what is global organised crime?

Answer 1

it is crime that goes beyond national borders and police forces in specific countries

Question 2

global crime is hard to…

Answer 2

define, investigate and punish

Question 3

what are the two types of global crime?

Answer 3

global organised crime and green crime

Question 4

what does Aas say about global organised crime?

Answer 4

the cross-border activities of organised crime groups arguably exploiting to their advantage increasing global interconnectedness

Question 5

give examples of global organised crime

Answer 5

drug and human trafficking
credit card fraud
identity theft
money laundering

Question 6

why is it difficult to provide accurate stats of global organised crime?

Answer 6

because there is difficulty defining what is criminal

only a fraction of crimes are known

Question 7

why is it difficult to respond to global crime?

Answer 7

diversity of crowds and activities
border issues for different countries
lack of global attention at threat of terrorism
criminals take advantage of open borders, move groups and developments

Question 8

who are the three sociologists that talk about global organised crime?

Answer 8

gastro
castells
robertson

Question 9

what does gastro state?

Answer 9

stereotypical italian mafia is outdated

Question 10

who does gastro propose as the typical criminal?

Answer 10

people who prey on society, fuel conflict and are part of the corrupt government

Question 11

castells says that organised crime groups….

Answer 11

are business networks and use globalisation to their advantage in order to link up

Question 12

what does robertson argue?

Answer 12

that ‘glocalisation’ is when global crime will affect the local community e.g drug trade in countries but in specific places

Question 13

what is green crime?

Answer 13

green crime is environmental crime

Question 14

why do green crime and organised crime overlap?

Answer 14

because both can have the global affect the local

green crime is committed globally

Question 15

small states do not have the power to deal with major environmental crime because…

Answer 15

it goes beyond their state, involves whole ecosystem

Question 16

Aas states that green crime…

Answer 16

is a product of events and activities over the globe

Question 17

what crime are seen as harmful to the environment, but they are not illegal?

Answer 17

deforestation
co2 emissions
overfishing

Question 18

what do green criminologists believe?

Answer 18

crime should be considered in harm done rather than the activity

Question 19

what did Potter say about green crime?

Answer 19

affects the poor the most such as through their drinking water, but the rich are able to get away from the consequences

Question 20

what did carrabine state?

Answer 20

found two types of green crime

Question 21

what 2 types of crime did carrabine find?

Answer 21

primary green crimes

secondary green crimes

Question 22

who found the two types of green crime?

Answer 22

carrabine

Question 23

what is primary green crime?

Answer 23

direct crime onto the environment and people e.g. air pollution, water pollution, deforestation, species decline

Question 24

what is secondary green crime?

Answer 24

crime that occurs because of the primary green crime e.g. criminal organisation helping dump toxic waste or violence toward environmental groups such as greenpeace