Globalisation and Crime
Brief outline of some of the debates in the globalisation and crime topic, featuring marketisation, green crime, and cyber-crime.
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- Created on: 12-06-14 22:10
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- Globalisation and Crime
- HELD ET AL.
- TAYLOR (1997)
- argues that globalisation has led to changes in the pattern and extent of crime and also identifies the link between capitalisation and crime
- two important features have been the rise of transantional corporations (TNCs) which are basically companies that operate across national borders, and the deregulation of financial marets
- Taylor links the growth of the drugs trade to globalisation in that it has had an impact on both the supply and the demand for illegeal substances
- globalisation has also increased the opportunities for financial fraud on a massive scale as millions of pounds can be moved across the world in a matter of seconds
- CYBER CRIME
- there is considerable deception and theft conducted over the internet such as 'scams' where people are tricked into sending money for bogus goods/services
- cyber bullying also has become an issue and there are also cases of hate crime against individuals or groups or even cyber stalking
- CURRIE: MARKETISATION
- Currie has argued that the way a society reacts to globalisation can affect the levels of crime
- he argues that countries like the USA which have removed most government conrols on private companies and the economy experience very high levels of inequality
- the impact of this has been to create major areas of concentrated deprivation where crime has flourished
- of course it should be remembered that it is not possiblle to establish a link which proves that crime levels are directly caused by the economic policies of governments
- GREEN CRIME
- green crime refer to those illegal activities which have a harmful impact on the enviornment
- globalisation has increased the extent to which individual countries influence, and are influenced by, events in other countries
- of course it should be remembered that it is not possiblle to establish a link which proves that crime levels are directly caused by the economic policies of governments
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