How Does Globalization Affect Crime

Over the past decade, the world has changed drastically due to globalization. Although everybody experiences it, the third world countries are proven to be the most affected. Not only does it affect the economic, political and cultural aspects of the world, but it is also one of the main factors for the growth of crime rate. Although globalization may be sought to be an opportunity for developing countries to improve, those who benefit are minorities. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), developing countries in regions like Africa, Oceania and America have a relatively high crime rate despite the lack of recorded crimes. This could be due to existing long term problems such as debt towards developed nation which

This was an increase of 10% from the survey conducted by 2007/2008 and was due to economic problems including jobs, rising prices and public debt. Corruption and tax evasion by government officials are rampant crimes committed in developing countries than developed countries. Surveys conducted by Transparency International proved that more than 50% of the people in third world countries have been tempted to bribe tax officials mainly because of inequality. This will then engender the inclined risk of people living in poor countries to commit such

This refers to the childhood development which is the period of time when children are taught to behave with the aid of negative consequences. A part of socialization that has been proven to be a major cause of committing crime is strain, which is a theory that mentions two main points: surrounding people acts as a barrier to your achievement and negative stimuli leading to failure. As a result, these people who live in this kind of environment are brainwashed to earn abundance of money through illicit means. Aside from that, literacy influences an individual’s violent behaviours. An online article stated that there is a strong relationship between low literacy and crime, with more than half of total prisoners deprived of their rightful education. Illiterate people are more likely to spend more money on healthcare and less aware of civic activities perpetuating them to be blinded by what is right and