Sociologists - globalisation, green crime, state crime and human rights

Question 1

Beck

Answer 1

We live in. risk society - increasing the types of crime

Question 2

Mclaughlin

Answer 2

Four types of state crime - political crime, security and police crime, economic crime, social and cultural crimes

Question 3

Michalowski and Kramer

Answer 3

identify crimes for the Iraq war - Abu Ghraib Prison (abuse of prisoners) and discussion of terror bombing of civilians is normalised

Question 4

castells

Answer 4

there is a global criminal economy worth over a £1 trillion

Question 5

Hamblin and Schewider

Answer 5

state crime should be defined as the violation of people’s basic human rights

Question 6

Kelman and Hamilton

Answer 6

three features that produce crime of obedience - authorisation, routinisation, dehumanisation

Question 7

hobbs and dunnigham

Answer 7

although crimes have global links (drug smuggling) they still depend on a local setting (where to sell the drugs).