Citation

Sheptycki J. Int. Polit. Sociol. 2007; 1(4): 391-406.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, International Studies Association, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1749-5687.2007.00028.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This article contributes to international political sociology and the further enhancement of the interdisciplinary study of the global system by introducing some of the lexicon of critical criminology into the discourse. It suggests that the contemporary global system is ripe with existential anxieties that are symptoms of momentous historical change and it argues that, for good or for ill, issues of crime definition and control have become central to the transnational condition. As a consequence, criminological theories should be introduced into theoretical discussions about the nature of the contemporary global scene. Such interdisciplinary cross-fertilization is vital, given the centrality of the language of criminal threats in the language of global governance and the language of governance globally.