Global Perspectives Assessment
Cassie Haubenhofer
University of Phoenix
CJA/484
Ronald Atler
December,15th 2014

Introduction

* Collectively every nation’s criminal justice system struggles with impact in regards to globalization. However the United States impact of globalization seems to hold a subtle difference of impact due to our own policies, procedures, religious beliefs, constitution, and rank of governments. With that said, one of the concerns with globalization is in regard to illegal goods and activities brought into the country. The United States has continually fought terrorism, human trafficking, cyber-crimes, organized crime, money laundering, drugs, weapons, and illegal goods brought into the United States from other countries. With Civil Laws and Common Laws so different amongst all nations, this leaves room for error and many barriers. Additionally, policing systems are set up contrarily which impacts the larger organizations and vice versa.
Assessing criminal justice from a global perspective * Many organized groups and networks prey on a weak government to achieve the organization’s goal to make profit from their illegal activities. “The political turmoil of the 21st century and advances in technology make transnational crime a concern for the United States. Increased travel and trade and advances in telecommunications and computer technology have had the unintended effect of providing avenues for the rapid expansion of transnational organized crime activities. Policing objectives in the United States must extend beyond national borders to seek out and target this type of crime. Only through international collaboration and information exchange can the United States develop effective protocol and policies for countering these crimes and mount a serious opposition” (Transnational Organized Crime, para 3.). “The trend for