Global Crime

About the lecture

In this lecture, we introduce the concept of global crime, the kind of crime that emerges from an increasingly 'globalised' world, focusing in particular on: (i) the definition of globalisation; (ii) some of the impacts of globalisation; (iii) the connection between globalisation and crime; and (iv) the scale of global crime.

About the lecturer

Dr Tanya Wyatt is a Professor of Criminology specialising in green criminology. Her expertise centres on wildlife crime and trafficking, non-human animal abuse and welfare and the intersections of organised crime, corporate crime, and corruption. Other research interests are crimes of the powerful, particularly industrial agriculture and pollution.