International Journal on Criminology Volume 6, Number 2, Winter 2018/Spring 2019 | Page 59

International Journal on Criminology
与国际海运货物贸易增加五倍这一事实存在联系。第二轮犯罪还在发展中 , 但也会变得与第一轮犯罪一样具有破坏性 :
其与过量生产有关 , 即用于从事海事活动的工具供给过多 ,
但却没有足够的需求。
关键词 : 海事犯罪 , 混合 (Hybridization)
An area unfamiliar to the general public, the maritime sector is present in every
aspect of our modern society. Since the 1970s, our post-modern world
has been continually increasing its dependence on the maritime sector, to
the point that today it has become invisible for most people living on land simply
because it is visible everywhere. If every item with a link to the maritime sector was
taken off our shelves, our market places would only be left with 10 percent of their
supplies. And as for this remaining 10 percent of items, it is highly likely that their
production is either dependent on an input product imported by sea or relies on a
feature or innovation from the maritime sector.
Concepts within the cyberworld, which the general public and experts are
exploring today, can be transposed perfectly to the maritime world. Or rather to
be exact, it is actually the other way around: what initially happens in the maritime
world results in the same determining factors in the cyberworld. The maritime
world is therefore a unique laboratory of the globalization and internationalization
that have been taking place over the last few decades . However, in order to
fully understand this world, we must be able to interpret it.
When it comes to crime and the analysis of criminology, the cyberworld
and the maritime world share exactly the same characteristics. Although the maritime
world has many specific features, the mechanisms of crime within it remain
“criminal” rather than being specifically “maritime.” This means that tackling these
mechanisms does not necessarily require a huge amount of technical skill. All we
need to do is take a proper look and be willing to take action.
Due to a lack of understanding and a lack of willingness (since the driving
forces behind the global economy must not be restricted, and to a certain extent
neither must its deregulation under the guise of liberalization) we are currently
experiencing two waves of crime. The first is linked simply to our increased dependence
on the maritime sector, but also to a fivefold increase of exchanges of
international goods by sea. The second, which is in the process of building up and
will be just as destructive, is linked to overcapacity—to there being too many tools
for conducting maritime activity and not enough demand for them.
Like a silent bomb, crime is exploding, eroding, and destroying. But it is
also gaining a foothold and gradually filtering into the practices of those who have,
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