Globalisation and crime

• Hyperglobalists

  Globalisation is happening and is good, makes society better
• Pessimistic globalists

  Globalisation is happening but it's a negative feature of contemporary society
• Held et al

  Globalisation of crime increased connectedness with crime across national boarders and increased transnational organised crime
• Castells


  Global criminal economy is worth £1 trillion a year
• Beck, global risk consciousness

  Global crime creates new insecurities

  • economic migrants and asylum seekers have caused growing anxiety in Western countries
• Pattern of organised crime, 'Glocal organisation'

  Hobbs and Dunningham = organisation of crime is linked to globalisation > increasingly involves individuals acting as a 'hub' around a loose-knot network, linking to illegitimate activities

  • crime networks = 'glocal' system, crime is still locally based despite having global links
• Pattern of organised crime, McMafia


  Glenny = looked at McMafia organisations which emerged in Russia and Eastern Europe after the fall of communism > many displaced organisations
• Lash and Urry

  Corporations act transnationally, moving money, manufacturing, waste disposal and staff around the world to increase profits and lower regulation
• Taylor

  Capitalism deregulation led to greater job insecurity > less social cohesion and fewer jobs
• Taylor

  Globalisation creates new patterns of inequality > winners from process are rich financial investors and TNCs