Factors That Influence Crime (AQA A-Level Sociology): Flashcards

Increasing interconnectedness of societies worldwide

New opportunities for existing crimes & entirely new crime forms

Human trafficking, arms trafficking, cybercrime, green crime

Fewer jobs → unemployment, poverty → increased crime rates

Bouncers & night-time economy: masculinity via violence + drug dealing

Over £1 trillion annually

Fluid and adaptable (unlike traditional fixed hierarchies)

Collapse of Soviet Union & deregulation of global markets

Russian criminal orgs (ex-secret service, police, criminals), fluid, franchise operations globally

TNCs relocate → unemployment in developed nations → crime

Global risk consciousness/global risk society

Offences against environment affecting humanity & nature

Environmental harms regardless of legal status

Any activity causing environmental harm, even if not illegal

Cocaine is Colombia's largest export, surpassing all others