Crime and development in the global South

Jarrett Blaustein; Nathan W. Pino; Graham Ellison

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-65021-0_11

Crime and development in the global South

Jarrett Blaustein^*, Nathan W. Pino, Graham Ellison

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This chapter revisits the literature on the relationship between crime and development in the global South. It begins by examining the Modernization Thesis which posits that crime is a consequence of economic development. The chapter then proceeds to examine critical arguments concerning the relationship between development and crime. It is argued that both perspectives are helpful for illuminating the criminogenic consequences of economic development but are also theoretically problematic due to their universalizing tendencies. Accordingly, the chapter concludes by highlighting the need for more localized studies of the relationship between crime and development and research that accounts for how criminological issues influence the work of the international development community in the global South today.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Palgrave Handbook of Criminology and the Global South
Publisher	Springer International Publishing Switzerland
Pages	205-221
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319650210
ISBN (Print)	9783319650203
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65021-0_11
Publication status	Published - 12 Jan 2018
Externally published	Yes

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