Globalisation and crime

    Cards (10)

    • 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
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