Globalisation, green crime, human rights and state crimes Topic 8 pp

Learning Aims LO1 – Outline the relationship between globalisation and crime (AO1) LO2 - Evaluate sociological explanations of the relationship between globalisation and crime (AO2)

Pairwork Using your textbook, mobile phone or laptop research the concept of globalisation Define ‘globalisation’ in a twitter style update using only 140 characters

Sociological definition Held et al (1999) Globalisation is ‘ the widening, deepening and wide interconnectedness in all aspects of life, from the cultural to the criminal, from the financial to the spiritual’

Pair-work In order to understand globalisation you must understand how it links to modernism and postmodernism Using your textbook and the internet list characteristics associated with these concepts Try to link them to the passage about the Chechen Mafia on page 129

Castells (1998) Global criminal economy Globalisation has enabled criminals to cross borders New opportunities for crime: Cybercrime Sex tourism Green crime International terrorism Money laundering Global criminal economy worth £3 trillion per year

Supply and demand Globalised crime is not one sided There is a supply side (non-western) and demand side (western) Crime is big business in developing countries Sex tourism is worth 300 million USD per year in Thailand There are up to 13,000 slaves working in Britain today 2000 organs are taken annually in China from condemned and executed criminals

Ask an expert! You are going to create and deliver a presentation on a particular type of global crime. You will include the following information: The type of crime Key players Key locations Value of crime Identify two ways that co-operation between different countries is being used to combat the crimes you identify Suggest reasons why the crime you have selected may be difficult to police No more than 20 words per slide – you are expected to talk around key phrases

Beck – The risk society ‘The risk’ or late modern society Ulrich Beck People act on the basis of fear and risk Westerners feel the need to protect borders from ‘criminal outsiders’ Fear is stoked by media – moral panics Government responds to public fear – ‘War on terror’, asylum seekers, gypsies Trans national bodies set up

Globalisation, capitalism and crime Taylor (1997) Socialist perspective Relative deprivation Lack of work opportunities Increased crime opportunities Globalised production/outsourcing Corporate crime - £7 billion in false claims to the EU List one strength and one weakness of this theory

The global and the local Hobbs and Dunningham The glocal Links between international crime lords and local ‘players’ – drugs trade Shift from hierarchical crime families (Krays) to flexible networks of criminals

Plenary/Individual work Match the key globalisation concept with it’s explanation

Learning objectives LO1 – Outline the various types of green crime LO2 – Evaluate sociological explanations of them

Pair work Using your textbook, mobile phone or laptop outline a suitable definition of ‘green crime’

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Individual Research Activity You will need case studies for your exam: You will produce a 150 word letter to your M.P demanding action Use the questions on your worksheet to assist you A classmate will write a response from the M.P which will attempt to downplay the scandal

Two Views of Green Crime Traditional criminology: Situ and Emmons (2000) Not generally concerned with green crime Interested in national and international law Investigate the patterns and causes of law breaking Green Criminology White (2008) Criminology should be about harmful acts towards individuals, environment or animals Transgressive approach Similar to Marxism – looks at crimes of powerful

Discussion point/ Pairwork Working in pairs discuss the following questions Make a note of your answer so that you can feedback What rights, if any, do animals and the environment have? Should humans have more rights than animals and the environment

Types of Green Crimes Nigel South (2008) identifies two types of green crimes. Using the definition you have been given on your worksheet identify which of the listed crimes could be seen as primary crime and which as a secondary crime. Justify your answer

Evaluate Green Criminology Identify one strength and one weakness of green criminology