Globalisation and the Challenge to Criminology
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| Anteprima |
There
is no doubt that globalisation has profound effects on crime, justice
and our feelings of security, identity and belonging. Many of these
affect both the making of laws and the breaking of laws. It has been
argued however that criminology has been too provincial, focusing as it
often does on national laws and issues, whilst others have said that
globalisation is the stuff of international relations, global finance
and trade, not of criminology. This book disputes this by asserting that
criminology has a firm place in this arena and globalisation offers the
discipline a challenge that it should relish.
Some of the
field's top scholars from the UK, the US, Canada, Australia and New
Zealand consider these challenges and present cutting-edge analysis and
debate. Topics covered include transnational organised crime,
international policing and a range of other issues involving global harm
such as genocide, the workings of international financial institutions,
the fate of international migrants and the impact of anti-immigration
sentiments in Europe. A particular focus is on borders and arrangements
that deal with migration and populations that are excluded and adrift.
This
book highlights criminology's analysis and engagement in new
understandings of globalisation, in particular its harmful and unethical
manifestations, and offers a mode of scrutiny and vigilance. Globalisation and the Challenge to Criminology will
be of particular interest to those studying criminology, criminal
justice, policing, security and international relations as well as those
who seek to understand globalisation and, in particular, its harmful
outcomes.
