Globalism, transnationalism, and the social construction and performance of the border have furthered opportunities for the commission of the crimes and harms of the powerful, including organised criminals and criminal groups, corporations, governments, states, and other ‘elites’ in positions of power. This module provides students with a critical take on transnational and global crime.
Students will examine a range of transnational and global crimes and harms, including, trafficking, tax evasion and avoidance, irregular/illegal migration, smuggling, modern slavery, cybercrime, ecocide, and crimes and harms of international institutions (e.g., The World Bank). Students will examine critically the nexus between these crimes and harms, and their definition and criminalisation under national and international law. In so doing, students will consider the implications of such framing for responding to and preventing transnational and global crime.