The effect of globalization on the national criminal law systems

Authors

Shirin Ahmadi Dastjerdi, Ph.D Student, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, IranFollow
Abbas Sheikholeslami, Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, IranFollow
Haniyeh Hojabrosadati, Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran

Date of this Version

8-31-2018

Abstract

Globalization has influenced many human life scopes with a variety of tools, which the cyberspace playing the most role. Although both cyberspace and globalization have had many benefits to human life, both as a tool and as a process, they have been able to assist offenders to bring crime into the cyberspace without any trouble. Therefore, today criminologists discuss the globalized world of crime. Although, the processes of homogenization and globalization have been precious to human beings, should not be overlooked. In this article, the author has tried to explain the cybercrime in the age of globalization, with an emphasis on globalized crime and its related examples. The effect of globalization on the national criminal law systems has also been investigated. The research method was descriptive-analytic.