Crime and Globalisation

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There is now a global criminal economy worth over £1 trillion per year.
Castells
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Globalisation has created new insecurities and a mentality of 'risk consciousness' this means that risk is seen as global and not just tied to a particular area.
Beck
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By giving free rein to market forces globalisation has created greater inequality and risking crime and both ends of the spectrum.
Taylor
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Crime works as a 'glocal' system, it is still locally based but it has global connections.
Hobbs and Dunningham
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McMafia - organisations that emerged in Russia after fall of communism - Russia deregulated sectors of economy except for natural resources. These remained at same price so anyone with funds bought them and sold them abroad at extreme prices.
Glenny
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Card 2

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Globalisation has created new insecurities and a mentality of 'risk consciousness' this means that risk is seen as global and not just tied to a particular area.

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Beck

Card 3

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By giving free rein to market forces globalisation has created greater inequality and risking crime and both ends of the spectrum.

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Card 4

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Crime works as a 'glocal' system, it is still locally based but it has global connections.

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Card 5

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McMafia - organisations that emerged in Russia after fall of communism - Russia deregulated sectors of economy except for natural resources. These remained at same price so anyone with funds bought them and sold them abroad at extreme prices.

Back

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