1) Globalisation and crime
2) Environmental or Green Crime
What would be considered 'individual' acts of environmental crime?
State crimes are crimes that have been committed by the government.
Evaluate how the process of globalisation changed the nature of crime?
Contemporary Crime
Lesson Objective:
To assess the links between the changing nature of society and crime.
Taylor (1997) assessed the links between global capitalism and crime. He identified a distinct pattern of the effects of globalisation, capitalism and criminal behaviour.
In pairs, look at the statements and assess how globalisation has contributed to these occurrences.
How has the process of globalisation affected crime?
Task:
Try and put these crimes in order of severity, according to which you think is the most morally wrong and the scale of damage it causes.
The rise in illegal employment has meant the employers can ignore work place legalities such as health and safety, minimum wage and working hours.
Justify your choices with reasons!
Causes material deprivation amongst the working and underclasses.
Multinational companies move from country to country in search of maximum profitability.
Young working class men have turned to crime or illegal employment.
Increases job insecurity and unemployment.
Green or environmental crimes are acts that are committed by individuals or companies that have a harmful affect on the environment.
Discussion
Political crimes such as corruption
Crimes of security such as Genocide
Economic crimes such as human rights violations
BP oil spill
Social crimes such as institutional racism
There are 2 types of green crime: Primary and Secondary
Primary green crime are crimes that result directly from the destruction and degradation of the earth's resources. For example:
Secondary Green crimes are crimes that occur when large organisations ignore the rules that prevent or regulate environmental crime. For example:
- Crimes of air pollution
- Crimes of deforestation
- Crimes of species decline and animal rights
- Crimes of water pollution
- State violence against oppositional groups
- Hazardous waste and organised crime