Deck 35: Green Criminology

Question 1

In the UK there are strict limits on the length of time people can be held in
Immigration detention centres.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Why are criminologists now (rather belatedly) interested in terrorism?

A)the blurring of domestic and international security issues
B)the changing role of the state in the maintenance of order
C)the focus is no longer on street crime
D)the impact of international security concerns on domestic policing

Answer 2

the blurring of domestic and international security issues
the changing role of the state in the maintenance of order
the impact of international security concerns on domestic policing

Question 3

What are the criticisms of traditional criminology's lack of attention to state crime?

A)it tends to focus on the crimes of the powerless, rather than the crimes of the powerful
B)it focuses on white collar crime
C)it focuses on crimes of the 'streets', rather than the crimes of the 'suites'

Answer 3

it tends to focus on the crimes of the powerless, rather than the crimes of the powerful
it focuses on crimes of the 'streets', rather than the crimes of the 'suites'

Question 4

How can the topic of 'Human Rights' be described?

A)a set of moral claims
B)an international discourse
C)an international law

Question 5

What were the two primary reasons given by Lord Irvine (2004) for the European Convention on Human Rights to take half a century be incorporated into British domestic law via the Human Rights Act 1998?

A)that democracy and political accountability could best protect citizen's rights
B)it would undermine parliamentary sovereignty
C)it would be too expensive to implement

Question 6

What does it mean to say that globalisation is 'the intensification of worldwide social relations which link distant localities in such a way that local happenings are shaped by events occurring many miles away and vice versa' (Giddens, 1990: 64)?

Question 7

What evidence is there of asylum seekers and refugees in the UK creating tensions?

Question 8

How did the end of the Cold War lead to the emergence of a privatised military industry?

Question 9

Why is the term genocide open to dispute?

Question 10

How is the term 'globalisation' used in everyday language?

A)changes giving the feel of a shrinking world
B)faster, internationalised communications
C)greater movement of people and goods
D)perceived reduction in importance of national boundaries

Question 11

In terms of methods, has globalisation said to have shifted the nature of terrorism?

A)passports are easier to forge
B)new technological advances and weapons
C)people are able to cross borders without being checked

Question 12

From 2005 house arrest was one of the restrictions placed upon people in the UK subject to control orders.

Question 13

The definition of state crime includes the excessive use of violence by the police in urban ghettoes.

Question 14

International law has, at its heart, the idea of state sovereignty.

Question 15

The Universal Declaration on Human Rights did not impose legal obligations on states, but rather standards toward which they were expected to aspire as an 'intentionally unenforceable, self-consciously a mission statement for humanity'.

Question 16

Give one reason, in terms of nation states, why globalisation is important to criminologists.

A)Globalisation can make states corrupt
B)Globalisation leads to greater control
C)Globalisation has consequences for the organisation of policing and criminal justice.

Question 17

Give one reason why criminologists talk about globalisation affecting crime.

A)Nation states are rendered powerless to control it
B)It leads to new opportunities for crime
C)International police officers can make arrests

Question 18

Why is the concept of 'protecting our borders' an illustration of globalisation-induced insecurities?

A)because there are growing concerns about new patterns of migration
B)because people trafficking is out of control
C)because successive governments have weakened UK border controls

Question 19

Why do critical criminologists question the role of the state as a guarantor of security?

A)because it is unable to control the police
B)because the state can also act in illegal ways
C)because of globalisation

Question 20

Discussing criminology and human rights, what are the three major gaps identified by Stan Cohen (1993)?