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Globalisation and crime - Coggle Diagram
Globalisation and crime
Definitions
Process in which regional economies, societies, and cultures have been integrated through a global network of political ideas through communication, transportation and trade
McGrew - events, decisions, and activities in one part of the world now have consequences in other parts of the world
Makes it easier now to have cheap air travel, internet, living abroad, communication, buying / selling
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Newburn
Opportunities for committing crimes in new ways - individuals can take advantage of different laws in different countries, eg. drug taking, tax evasion
Created an awareness of risk from foreign countries - exposed to more risks as the threats from other countries get closer, eg. terrorism, cybercrime
Globalisation can reduce power of the nation state - individual countries no longer have complete control over their citizens, eg. human trafficking
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Evaluation (AO3)
Difficult to investigate the true extent of global crime as there is very little first hand, valid, indepth data about the workings of organised crime
OCS shows that crime is declining while globalisation is increasing - little correlation between globalisation and crime
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Each country has its own definition of crime, making it difficult to measure the true extent of global crime
Links between employment, travel, technology, and crime
Most crime happens in local areas, little global crime (trafficking, terrorism)
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Global response to crime incluce INTERPOL, UN, EU - no longer only the nation state
Explains contemporary / invisible crimes (phishing, fraud)