Global Crimes Analysis CJA394 October 20, 2013 Global Crimes Analysis In this paper it will recognize the various major global crimes and criminal issues that have a global impact on national and international justice systems and processes. This paper will discuss many of the important global crimes that are an ongoing issue around the world today and the different international justice processes in various countries. Crime unfortunately is not slowing down and it is in every country and affects national and international justice system, and we are going to discuss all the aspects of it in this paper. What is Global Crime? Global crime can be defined as any crime that threatens the safety and security of every person throughout the world.
The Impact of Drugs on the criminal justice System The smuggling, distribution, and use of drugs in the United States have a considerable impact on the criminal justice system and its counterparts. Drug use has become one of the main factors for the increase in crime. Individuals that use drugs provide a demand for a product that is illegally marketed. In turn, the public demand for illegal drugs has influenced drug cartels to smuggle drugs into the United States to be sold to lower income and under developed communities. The distribution and use of drugs has led to an increase in arrest and conviction of individuals under economic strain.
IT550 Assignment Unit 1 Kaplan University As the digital age progresses, more and more business is conducted electronically. Symbiotically illegal activities of those that wish to prosper from security vulnerabilities will increase. Cybercrime can be motivated by a number of factors including terrorism. Cyberterrorism is any terrorist act that uses computers as the vehicle for their attack. Cyber terrorists can be motivated to target organizations that will result in the radical’s group to cause the most harm and/or receive the most attention for their party.
According to Tappan’s (1947 p.100, quoted in Muncie et al 2010 p.4) “crime is an intentional act in violation of criminal law (statutory or case law), committed without defence or excuse and penalised by the state as a felony or misdemeanour”. In other words crime may be known as an act deliberately committed which breaches legal conduct punishable by state. This is a common understanding of crime today but unfortunately crime is not as simple as being a breach of law. The study of crime is vast and under constant debate. Crime is ever changing varying culturally, globally and historically.
Many organized crimes have evolved from illegal immigrants, not to mention the bridge that has enabled cross-border terrorism. Having participants on both sides of the border give better intelligence to form many terrorist attacks within this country. “International fraud, money laundering and other economic crimes (particularly carried out via the Internet) are a growing problem, and one that can be expected to spread.” (Cetron & Davies, 2008) The increasing levels of cross-national crimes will raise the amount it costs for an investigation. This makes fighting these crimes significantly more expensive. There is suspicion that these immigrants will start to impose hate crimes within this
Cartels are the suppliers of drugs to gangs in and out of prison. If our government doesn’t want crime in the streets, then “stop the cartels”. Horrifying things have happened to people who have stood in the way of the cartels. Murder, slaughter, and torture are mainly it. I am against the murdering of innocent people.
Global Crimes Analysis CJA 394 November 2011 Global Crimes Analysis Many factors can affect globalization. Natural disasters, the stock market, war, major governmental changes, and certain crimes can affect globalization. Crimes are occurring daily everywhere. Whether it is locally, nationally, or internationally, crimes are committed worldwide. Crimes that cross multiple national borders are considered global crimes.
Finding where people are being smuggled into the United States is very important. The people that are being smuggled in can be criminals from other countries or terrorist. These are not the only things being smuggled in; drugs and dangerous weapons are a large part of the smuggling operations (DHS,
The path from drug maker to drug user is called drug trafficking. “Drug Trafficking is defined as the illegal sale, production, transport, movement, and distribution of illegal drugs and controlled-substances attained through unlawful means.” (Attorney.org, n.d.) With drug trafficking being as popular is it is, the United States has been combating the trafficking of cocaine and
Drug Trafficking in the United States from Mexico Drug trafficking in the United States and Mexico is a huge problem for the United States because it has a negative impact on other areas in society such as crime rates. The government needs to find a solution to better control drug trafficking because it claims lives and destroys families. Research shows Marijuana and Cocaine are the top two most illegally abused drugs in the United States. James Gray (2001) points out: Not only is this drug-money corruption problem of enormous concern in its own right, but additional lawless behavior often is derived from it as well. For example, the entire southern California area was shocked in September 1999 when a former officer of the Rampart Division