Movie Analysis
Chapter One: Hotel Rwanda (2005)
Question 1. Does this movie describe transnational or international crimes?
Hotel Rwanda is a unique movie which was directed by Terry George relating to the real event which had happened in Rwanda in 1994. The country experienced Genocide between two tribes, namely Tutsi and Hutu. Generally, the movie describes international crime. International crime refers to the most serious crime, which leads to human rights violations and concerns the whole community. Dammer and Albanese (2013) categorized Genocide under international crime examples together with other crimes such as war crime and humanity related crimes.
Question 2 a. How could such a large massacre happen without outside intervention?
The international countries led by the United Nations failed to intervene in stopping Genocide because they never accepted the real cause of the Genocide despite all the evidence provided. Initially, the UNAMIR was just set to operate under the observer status; therefore, failure to upgrade such status to protective status made it difficult to intervene. The United Nations was not concerned about the Genocide, which was happening in Rwanda since they ignored blacks. For instance, Dallaire asked for reinforcement to calm the situation in Rwanda, but the senior refused to reinforce; in return, they deployed similar solders to extract the foreigner’s nationals from the country. Other contributors include; lack of media coverage.
Question 2 b. Do you think it could happen again?
Currently, the Rwandan government has set stiff measures on any related tribal and ethnic discrimination. This creates discipline among the citizen, thus leading to minimal chances of tribalism. In my opinion, there are minimal chances of genocide occurrence in the future.
Chapter Two: Taken (2008)
Question one: What crimes discussed in Chapter 2 Occurs in this movie? Can you describe their elements?
Taken (2008) is an action film that actually raises awareness about the common experienced crimes in the recent past. According to film, Motorcycle theft is a common crime indicated discussed in the Taken film. For instance, Bryan drove a stolen vehicle (car) against the one- way traffic to get the position on the Pont Desarts bridge. Besides, the sexual-related offenses are common in the Taken film. According to the film, the most common sex offense is sexual assaults. For instance, Marko kidnaps and abducts foreign white women and sell them to be used as a sex object. The film refers to Kim’s virginity as gold in their black-market trade. Abducted ladies are subjected to forced sex.
Question Two: Why do you believe that corruption is often found in cases like these to “protect” criminal enterprises like the one discovery?
Corruption is a huge challenge facing different institutions since it helps individuals to apply illegal manner in acquiring different things. There are different forms of corruption, such as bribery, graft, and patronage. I believe corruption is common in cases since it facilitates criminal enterprises’ illegal activities such as human trafficking without any restriction.
Question Three: why do you believe that human trafficking (discussed further in chapter 11) is not included in the ICVS and that no systematic international count of these incidents yet exists?
Human trafficking is termed as the misunderstood crime, thus making it not included in the ICVS. This crime is characterized by convert nature and complex relationships with assailants. Generally, Human trafficking is not categorized under ICVS since it is hard to detect its victimization. In most cases, the victimization survey is always based on the household’s samples; therefore, there are increased chances that the crime victims could be amongst the sample for such a survey making it easy to acquire sensitive information. This makes it have zero systematic international counts on it.
Chapter Six: Lord of War (2005)
Question One: What aspects of arms trafficking makes it perhaps the most serious of all transnational crime?
Arms trafficking is termed as the most serious transnational crime since it involves dangerous groups of individuals who believe that they are above the law. These groups are always ready to harm other people to protect themselves and businesses. Unlike other trafficking, arms trafficking could easily lead to the death of innocent civilians. For instance, in the Lord of war (2005), Yuri is ready to massacre the whole village if the arms deal is not completed, and he does not fear the law since he is connected with seniors. After arrest, he assured Valentine that soon he would be free man something which happened and he returned to arm selling. Generally, arms trafficking is associated with serious harm to human creatures compared to any other transnational crime.
Question Two: Victor Bout, the person on whom this movie was based, was ultimately caught in 2008 in a sting operation in Thailand caught in 2008 in Thailand set up by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. As of 2010, Thailand has denied the requests of the United States to extradite Bout to the United States for trial. Can you offer reasons for this denial?
Dammer and Albanese (2013) termed Extradition as the process which involve accused individual transferred from one state to another due to criminal offense. The Extradition can only occur with sufficient support of the cases confirmed. For instance, the Thailand court denied extraditing Victor Bout to the United States for trials since the case was outside the extradition treaty scope for two reasons. One, Thailand recognized the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) as a political movement and not as a group of terrorists, thus making the case to remain the political case. According to the Thailand laws, the Extradition could not be issued on the basis of the political offense. Two, he was charged for conspiring to kill the citizens of America. According to the court’s legal system, it was not possible to judge on a case relating to aliens killing aliens outside their territory.
Chapter Eight: Traffic (2001)
Question One: It can be said that the current “war on drugs” has forced organized crime groups to become more sophisticated, as they did during prohibition, in order to avoid apprehension and keep making money. If better law enforcement produces fewer but more highly developed drugs networks, what would you propose as a solution to this problem?
For decades, the war on drugs has been ineffective since it is leading to increased damages to different groups across the globe. In reducing these problems, the governments are supposed to advocate for addict registration, thus helping in providing quality-controlled drugs on dosage. Combining this program with the other program, such as advice from psychologists and doctors and employment assistance programs, would help in minimizing the harmful impacts associated with addiction, thus making the addicts live their lives. In most cases, addiction last only for a period not exceeding ten years; therefore, managing addiction intelligence until the end makes life better. Besides, the government is supposed to install rehabilitation centers in all correctional facilities, thus making the inmates change their habits. Generally, without addicts, there could not be drug trafficking.
Question Two: Traffic shows the interplay among the supply, demand, traffickers, and law enforcement in the dealing of illicit drugs. Explain which of these four factors you believe requires the most attention in dealing with illegal drugs more effectively.
According to Traffic film, drug dealing is a chain that involves different parties who think that they are above the law. The film has clearly indicated how law enforcement officers frustrate each other when handling illegal drug cases. For instance, Rodriguez tries his best to disrupt the dealing of drugs, but another side, he’s been investigated. Besides, Michael Douglas has expressed his frustration by how the system has frustrated their goals to end illegal drug. Therefore, it can be concluded that law enforcement requires more attention on matters related to illegal drugs since effectiveness and efficiency n their operations depend on their trustworthiness. The movie has expressed increased corruption amongst the deals and the authority, thus raising concerns on the efficiency issues. Generally, the law enforcers require to be accountable and transparent in their operation.
Traffickers also need serious attention to illegal drugs. The government is supposed to set tough measures on individuals trafficking drugs, thus making them shy away from doing the business. Through setting strong attention to these two departments would lead to a shortage in drug supply, thus leading to minimal impacts on future generations.
References
Dammer, H. R., & Albanese, J. S. (2013). Comparative criminal justice systems. Cengage Learning.