9699 · 8.3
Globalisation and crime flashcards
Revision flashcards for Cambridge 9699 Globalisation and crime (syllabus 8.3). Flip, recall, then mark a real past-paper question.
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Transnational crime?
Offences crossing national borders — drugs, trafficking, money laundering.
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Human trafficking?
Recruitment/transport for exploitation — modern slavery.
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Cybercrime examples?
Fraud, ransomware, identity theft — jurisdictional challenges.
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Green crime (South)?
Primary — direct harm to environment (pollution, illegal logging).
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Green crime (North)?
Secondary — laws protecting environment; corporate violations.
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Castells — network society?
Crime networks mirror global communication structures.
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Glocalism (in crime)
A concept from Hobbs and Dunningham. It describes how global criminal enterprises are dependent on local networks and knowledge to operate. Crime is therefore a 'glocal' system, interconnecting global and local contexts.
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Primary Green Crime
A category defined by Nigel South. These are crimes resulting directly from the destruction of the Earth's resources, such as illegal deforestation, air pollution from burning fossil fuels, and species decline from illegal hunting.
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Secondary Green Crime
A category defined by Nigel South. These are crimes that grow out of the flouting of rules aimed at preventing environmental disasters, such as states violently suppressing environmental protestors or corporations illegally dumping toxic waste.
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Global Risk Society
Ulrich Beck's theory that modern societies are increasingly organised around mitigating human-made, global risks (e.g., climate change, cyber-attacks, financial crises). Global crime is a key source and symptom of this new risk landscape.
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McMafia
A term popularised by Misha Glenny to describe the new breed of organised crime that emerged after the fall of communism, particularly in Russia and Eastern Europe. They operate like global franchises, linking with other criminal and legitimate organisations.