CRIME AND DEVIANCE Flashcards
1
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what did Taylor & Castells argue
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- Globalisation has led to expansion of capitalism and exploitation of people
- global criminal economy account for $1 trillion of economic activity
2
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what is meant by risk consciousness
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- when yu are aware of the risks when moving around the world [ risks o =f globalisation]
Eg: ecenomic migrants & asylum seekers
3
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how has globalisation created inequality and has increased the levels of inequality and rise in crime?
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- allowed transnational corporations to switch manufacturing to low-wage countries producing unemployment & poverty.
- Deregulation: governments have little control over their own economies, so they must raise taxes.
-Marketisation: has encourages people to see themselves as consumers
- Lack of legitimate job opportunities: has an impact on their self respect
4
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what is meant by Glocal organisation
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- community orginizes that sees social problem as neither local/ global, but interdependant and interconnected
eg. individuals need local contacts and networks to find oppurtunities to sell their drugs
- this is still locally based but with global connections
- can vary from place to place
5
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according to Hobbs & Dunningham, how is a crime organised and how does this link to changes brought about globalisation
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- linked to economic changed brought
6
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what orginisation does Glenny refer to as McMafia
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- organisation that emerged in Russia and Eastern Europe following the g=fall of communism
- Under communist, the Soviet state regulated the prices of everything
- the Russian government deregulated
