10.2.3

Globalisation & Crime

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Castells

Globalisation is the increased interconnectedness of societies and a decline in national borders.

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Castells

  • Castells claims that there is now a ‘global criminal economy’ that is worth over $1 trillion a year.
  • There are a number of different forms of globalised crime that exist: 
    • Cyber-crimes – crimes on the internet such as identity theft and hacking .
    • Green crimes – crimes against the environment.
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Forms of globalised crime

  • Arms trafficking:
    • Weapons being sold to terrorists and military groups.
  • Smuggling of illegal immigrants:
    • Individuals or groups who charge large fees to desperate migrants in order to assist their entry into a new country. 
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Forms of globalised crime cont.

  • Trafficking of women and children:
    • Often linked to prostitution or slavery. 
  • Trafficking of body parts:
    • Transporting organs into rich countries.
    • It is estimated that 2,000 organs are taken from executed criminals in China.

Globalisation

Globalisation is the increased interconnectedness of societies and a decline in national borders.

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Beck

  • Beck discusses the emergence of an increasing ‘global risk consciousness’.
  • Globalisation promotes insecurity as it continues to lead to vast changes around the world.
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Taylor

  • Taylor claims that globalisation has led to an increase in crime.
  • He believes that the inequality of capitalism is now increasing further due to how corporations use globalisation to their advantage.
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  • He argues this is due to transnational companies operating in countries where low wages can be paid and suggests that governments are easily influenced by large corporations.

Cyber Crime

Cyber crime is one way in which crime is able to occur on a global scale. Wall identifies four different types of cyber crime.

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Wall

  1. Cyber-trespass:
    • Spreading viruses or hacking into other systems without permission.
  2. Cyber-deception and theft:
    • Identity theft or stealing from bank accounts. 
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Wall cont.

  1. Cyber-pornography:
    • The sharing and watching of child pornography. 
  2. Cyber-violence:
    • Causing emotional harm or encouraging physical violence online. 
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Hobbs and Dunningham

- Hobbs and Dunningham argue that due to technological developments such as the internet, individuals now have easy access to others around the world that will assist their criminal activity.

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Glocal crime

  • They argue this creates ‘glocal’ crime, this is when global criminal economies begin to trade in local areas.
  • For example, a global drug organisation recruiting local drug dealers to sell their illegal products.

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1Theory & Methods

2Education with Methods in Context

3Option 1: Culture & Identity

4Option 1: Families & Households

5Option 1: Health

6Option 1: Work, Poverty & Welfare

7Option 2: Beliefs in Society

8Option 2: Global Development

9Option 2: The Media

10Crime & Deviance

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