Green crime, White collar crime, and globalisation

Castells

Globalisation has led to transnational criminal networks exploiting global flows of goods, people, and capital.

Glenny

Organised crime groups in the globalised world mimic MNCs in structure and operation, calling this "McMafia."

Tombs

Widespread nature of corporate crime causes more harm than regular crime but is often under-policed and under-punished.

Taylor

Globalisation increases inequality and marginalisation, which fuels crime both locally and globally

Kramer et al

States and corporations collab in harmful practices creating hidden crimes that are “legally” permitted, but socially harmful

Hobbs and Dunningham

Crime today is “glocal” — locally based but connected to global flows of drugs and money. It’s more networked and flexible than in the past.

Winlow

Deindustrialization creates new forms of crime and violence among the working class, often linked to the night-time economy.

Whyte

Global capitalism produces legal and illegal activities that cause harm, and criminal laws often protect powerful economic interests.

Beck

Modern societies face new, global risks that create new forms of crime and insecurity.

McLaughlin

Four types of state crime: Political crimes, economic crimes, social/cultural crimes, police/military crimes

Braithwaite’s ‘Reintigrative Shaming’

Shaming offenders in ways that encourage reintegration, contrasting with stigmatizing shaming that increases crime.

What does Bauman say about modernity and crime?

Modernity’s focus on control creates social exclusion which fuels crime, and that liquid modernity leads to more fragmented social relations affecting crime.

What is Cohen’s view on globalisation and crime?

Globalisation causes social instability and fragmented communities, which contribute to crime and deviance worldwide.

South

Green crimes are acts violating environmental laws, harming the planet and its beings, often ignored by traditional criminology.

White

Expands green criminology to include harms caused by both legal and illegal environmental activities