Globalisation fo crime + green and state Flashcards
(30 cards)
the global crime economy who ?
castells
what does castells say in global crime economy ?
global crime exonomy worth 1 trillion pounds.
EG. drug trade columbia
transnational crimes- demands/products for criminals
producing raw drugs comes from 3rd world country
A03: surveillance
global criminal economy on line can be watched - focault
A01: globalisation- capitalism and crime economy
Taylor - transnational corporations can commit crime globally E.G through cheap labour
- leads to insecurity of these people , causing lower class crime
A03: capitalism and crime
capitalism is criminogenic , this is natural and the fault of capitalism
A01- global risk consciousness
risk is seen as a global issue - increase in hate crime from fear of immigration due to fleeing of persecution. results in moral panics of governments
A03: principle of national sovereignty - own rules , allowed to say what is crime and not
pattern of criminal organisation who is it ?
Hobbs and dunnongham
what do hobbs and dunnongham say ?
economic change brought by globalisation affect criminal organisation
“glocal crime “ , global connections and commit locally . E.G drugs from other country , sold at home.
more multiplex connection
A03: hobbs and dunningham
does not explain whether this new loose entrepreneur of crime is actually new or not , or if it has not just coexisted with traditional firms.
south identifies two types of geeen crime ?
primary green crime / secondary green crime.
what are two examples of primary green crime ?
crimes of air pollution : volkswagen emissions scandal
crimes of deforestation : state imposed
two examples of secondary green crime :
state violence against opposition: rainbow warrior destruction
hazardous waste and organised crime
green crime : harm - trangressive approach white
any form of harm to individual or environment is a crime
green criminology is a form of transgressive criminology
harm done that doesn’t break law
Anthropogenic approach :
humans have a right to dominate nature/ for profit before state.
TNC and nations take this approach
A03: eco centric approach - green criminologists , green crime harms environment which harms people e.g global warming
who comes up with the global risk society ?
beck
what does beck say in “global risk society”
threats to human wellbeing and eco-system are human made- manufactured risk due to increased productivity.
behaviour causes risk because it hastens destruction of planet
A03: global risk society
functionalists : crime just happens. organic analogy - without this green crime e.g for paper how would society function
STATE CRIME : who comes up with the 4 categories of state crime ?
mclaughlin
what are 2 of mclaughlins definitions of state crime?
political crimes - such as the censorship of the tianmen square massacre in china
crimes by security and police forces - genocide and war crime - israel bombing palestine
the scale of state crime
weber claims the state has a monopoly of legitimate use of violence
potential to inflict massive harm : E.G holocaust
A03 for scale of state crime :
marxist chambliss : crime of suites , shows bourgeoisie get away with stuff
characteristic of state crime : state is source of law
states role to decide law - undermines system of justice
e.g nazi germans choice to sterilise disabled people through law
A03: principle of national sovereignty , how is this punished ?
Schwedinger and schwedinger argue that …
the state commits crimes that violate human rights
accepting legal definition we risk being subservient to the state making law- crime should be viewed as anything trangsressive