Describe globalization and delinquency. Explain why you agree or disagree with the premise that globalization will have a profound influence on the future of indigent youth

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Answer 1

• Technological advances such as efficient and widespread commercial airline traffic, improvements in telecommunications (ranging from global cell phone connectivity to the Internet), and the growth of international trade, have all aided the growth in illicit transnational activities.
• These changes have facilitated the cross-border movement of goods and people, conditions exploited by criminals who now use Internet chat rooms to plan their activities.
• Gangs can now cross unpatrolled borders to expand their activities to new regions of the world.
• Transnational crime groups freely exploit this new freedom to travel to regions where they cannot be extradited, base their operations in countries with ineffective or corrupt law enforcement, and launder their money in countries with bank secrecy or few effective controls.
• Globalization has allowed both individual offenders and criminal gangs to gain tremendous operational benefits while reducing risks of apprehension and punishment.
• Student views will vary.