Crimes of Globalization: Health Care, HIV and the Poverty of Neoliberalism in Sub-Saharan Africa

Crimes of Globalization: Health Care, HIV and the Poverty of Neoliberalism in Sub-Saharan Africa

This paper contributes to the growing body of literature on crimes of globalization. Following a broader conceptualization of crime which goes beyond the proscriptions of the criminal law, it argues that the dynamics of market economics has criminogenic (social harm) effects, especially in economically-challenged regions like the sub-Saharan Africa. The paper challenges the hegemony of law in the criminalization process by locating social harm at the epicentre of criminological inquiry.

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