Crime and globalisation

• Held et al:

  • Globalisation = 'the widening, deepening and speeding up of world wide interconnectedness in all aspects of life, from the cultural to the criminal, the financial to the spiritual'
• The global criminal economy - Held et al:

  • there has been a globalisation of crime - an increasing interconnectedness of crime across national borders.
• The global criminal economy - Castells:

  • there is now a global criminal economy worth of £1 trillion per annum.
• Globalisation, capitalism and crime - Taylor:

  • globalisation has led to changes in the pattern and extent of crime. By giving free reign to market forces, globalisation has created greater inequality and rising crime.