Global Crime Jeopardy Review

A set of vocabulary flashcards based on the global crime review slides.

Types of Globalization

Economic, Cultural, and Political.

International Crime

Crime committed by one country against another, by a country's government against civilians, or by a militant group against civilians.

Interpol

An organization that manages many different databases on crime, available only to law enforcement.

ICCS Crime Definition Basis

Defines crime by each country's legal code.

Four Elements of ICCS Crime Data Collection

Policy (what type of crime), Target (who/what is targeted), Seriousness (what harm occurred), and Means (how was it committed).

Routine Activities Theory Elements

Motivated offender, Suitable target, and Absence of a capable guardian.

Theoretical Levels of Global Crime

Micro, Meso, Macro, and International.

Strain Theory Factors

Cultural goals and Legitimate means.

Learning Theory

A theory that emphasizes the importance of socialization in explaining crime.

Conflict Theory

A theory that emphasizes the role of power and inequality in explaining crime.

Provenance

Refers to providing the history of ownership of an item.

1970 UNESCO Convention Limitation

It only covers known stolen items from public institutions.

Factors in Homicide Rate Variation

Availability of weapons, Income inequality, and Strict gender roles.

Retribution

A prison philosophy involving increased use of incarceration and harsh sentences.

UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (The Mandela Rules)

Outlines the principles that prisoners should be treated with dignity and respect according to their needs, and not tortured.

Ant Trafficking

Refers to having multiple individuals move small amounts of weapons across a border.

Gray Market

An international arms market involving chains of legal and illegal buyers and sellers.

Economic Compulsion Model

A model stating that financial need drives the relationship between drugs and crime.

Differences Between Drug and Weapon Trafficking

Durable good vs. good that is used up, and Financial vs. financial and ideological motivations.

2014 Arms Treaty

Aims to hold countries accountable for sales of weapons in situations that present a substantial risk of harm.

Most Commonly Trafficked Organ

Kidneys.

Crimes Conflated with Human Trafficking

Sex work, Smuggling, and Slavery.

Three Elements of Human Trafficking

Act, Means, and Purpose.

Primary Differences of Organ Trafficking

Need for medical professionals and a higher order of technical skill required compared to other forms of trafficking.

Push Factors and Pull Factors

Push factors are reasons to leave somewhere (conflict, lack of opportunity, discrimination, etc.), while pull factors are reasons to go somewhere (opportunity, ease of travel, media expectations, etc.).

Source Control Strategy

A drug control strategy where government officials identify and eliminate crop fields (such as coca fields) and offer farmers money to plant alternative crops.