International Perspectives on Crime
Answer two questions, one from Section A and one from Section B.
Section A
1. Discuss a bookby Misha Glenny or Moises Naim which is relevant to this module.
2. Adopting a global perspective, how significant is the UK Modern Slavery Act (2015) when it comes to tackling people trafficking?
3. Examine the current position of the Rohinja Muslims or Uighur Muslims. Are they victims of genocide?
4. A number of authors, most notably Zygmunt Bauman, have tried to explain the participation of ordinary people in genocide in terms of modernity and the way bureaucracies work. How convincing do you find their ideas?
5. Using either drug trafficking or terrorism as your selected focus, offer a critical review of some of the ways in which international policing is attempting to deal with the issues it raises.
6. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were both expected to be over in a matter of months. Afghanistan remains at war and Iraq is deeply insecure. Why is this?
Section B
1. Examine the defects in the contemporary system of international criminal justice as it applies to states and statesmen.
2. Account for the rise and fall of piracy in Somalia.
3. Explain why weak and failing states pose severe law and order challenges a long way beyond their borders.
4. Choose one or more television documentaries which deal with themes relevant to this degree. Discuss critically how much they add to our understanding of international crimes.
5. Which kind of cyber crime poses the biggest threat to the UK?
6. Assess the importance of wildlife trafficking in the world today.
