Global crime

Question 1

What is a simple definition of globalisation ?

Answer 1

The idea that the world is becoming more interconnected and barriers are disappearing.

Question 2

What is said about the supply and demand of global crime ?

Answer 2

There is a demand for global crime.
Demand for drugs, sex workers and cheap labour from affluent countries.
This crime is supplied by the poorer countries
E.g. Nuclear material trafficking, trafficking and smuggling

Question 3

What does Aas say about globally organised crime ?

Answer 3

Defines global organised crime as the cross border activities of organised crime groups arguably exploiting to their advantage to increase global interconnection’

Question 4

What does Gastrow say about globally organised crime ?

Answer 4

Identified problems in measuring global crime.
- people have different definitions of what global crime is
- overemphasis on protecting state borders
- outdated ideas

Question 5

What does Robertson say about global crime ?

Answer 5

Global organised crime intertwines the global and local crime - glocalisation

Question 6

What is said about the global risk consiousness ?

Answer 6

• Globalisation creates new insecurities and produces ‘risk consiouness’
• Knowledge about globalised risk comes from the media
• This leads to intensification of social control at a national level:
• toughened border controls
• no limit of immigration detention
• land borders across European countries
• increased attempts at internation cooporation and control