History GCSE
Globalisation and international crime
What Globalisation and international crime means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Globalisation and international crime
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Modern smugglers traffic illegal drugs and people, using sophisticated international networks.
Topics that use Globalisation and international crime
- Option 10: c1900–present: Crime and punishment in modern Britain - 1 Nature and changing definitions of criminal activity (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Continuity and change over time
- The changing nature of criminal activity
- The impact of technology on crime
- Changing definitions of crime
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- Drug crimes
- Race crimes
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