The Globalisation of Crime

Understanding Transitional Relationships in Context
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-521-62125-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 555 g

On a contracting world stage, crime is a major player in globalization and is as much a feature of the emergent globalized culture as are other forms of consumerism. The Globalization of Crime charts crime's evolution. It analyses how globalization has enhanced material crime relationships such that they must be understood on the same terms as any other significant market force. Trends in criminalization, crime and social development, crime and social control, the political economy of crime, and crime in transitional cultures are all examined in order to understand the role of crime as an agent of social change and present an integrated theory of crime and social context. This is the first book to challenge existing analyses of crime in the context of global transition, and show that crime is as much a force for globalization as globalization is a force for crime.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Findlay, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. (Mis)representing crime; 2. Crime and social development; 3. Crime and social dysfunction; 4. Marginalisation and crime relationships; 5. Crime economies; 6. Crime as choice; 7. Integrating crime control; Epilogue.