Discuss how poverty contributes to the growth and development of crime and corruption within a society. Develop your discussion using at least one specific example illustrating the relationship between economic instability or inequality and transnational criminal activity. In your discussion, specifically explain how crime is able to infiltrate not just the streets but also the social structure in economically disadvantaged regions.
What will be an ideal response?
Students should discuss at least one of the country/region examples from the text to illustrate how, where there is poverty and a lack of more socially sanctioned or legitimate options and strong social institutions, crime is able to flourish. This occurs at all levels from individual actors, to gangs, cartels to corrupt government officials. Examples from the text include West Africa and the gun trade, Columbia and the drug trade, etc.
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