Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (3)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Gros, J.-G.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

The British Journal of Criminology 43:63-80 (2003)
© 2003 Centre for Crime & Justice Studies (formerly ISTD)

Trouble in Paradise. Crime and Collapsed States in the Age of Globalization

Jean-Germain Gros

Jean-Germain Gros, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri, Saint Louis, Missouri 63132; e-mail: frantzen{at}umsl.edu.

Among the many challenges of the post-Cold War is transnational crime, which has become an integral part of the private accumulation strategies of some public officials, entrepreneurs and ordinary citizens, in addition to professional criminals. This article examines the institutional foundations of contemporary criminality. Its chief contention is that the so-called failed or collapsed state is the principal actor in the criminalization of the world economy, while globalization itself is an unwitting but pre-eminent member of the supporting cast. Among the proposed remedies is a call for a greater role for international institutions, such as the United Nations and Interpol, in the fight against global criminality and a reconsideration of the notion of sovereignty.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.