Globalisation and crime

Question 1

What are transnational organised crimes?

Answer 1

a crime committed by a global criminal organised e.g mafia, that operates in more than one country. e.g trafficking, money laundering and more recently, cybercrime.

Question 2

Why is globalised crime hard to control?

Answer 2

1. it crosses borders, so it is unclear whose responsibility is is to police it
2. they are highly secretive
3. different countries have different laws

Question 3

Why is globalised crime hard to study?

Answer 3

1. secretive so would have to use covert participant observation which would be dangerous

Question 4

How does trading illegal drugs and arms cause social problems?

Answer 4

1. health consequences
2. changes in social behaviour
3. funding of terrorism or war with profits as they make billions of dollars annually

Question 5

What is human trafficking?

Answer 5

moving people around illegally for exploitation

Question 6

What is cybercrime?

Answer 6

crimes that use the internet e.g data theft, fraud, scams