What is state crime? This book sets out the parameters of state crime and highlights the complex issues involved. The authors provide a clear chapter-by-chapter assessment of state violence, corruption, state involvement in organised and corporate crime, avoidable 'natural' disasters, torture, criminal policing, war crimes and genocide.
Penny Green and Tony Ward put forward a powerful argument drawing from a range of disciplines including law, criminology, human rights, international relations and political science. They develop a theoretical approach to understanding the boundaries of state crime, employing the concepts of deviance and human rights. Making distinctive use of original research and using a variety of international case-studies, this compelling book offers a fresh and sophisticated approach to this controversial and difficult subject.
- ISBN10 6611725121
- ISBN13 9786611725129
- Publish Date 23 January 2004 (first published 20 January 2004)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 1 June 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pluto Press (UK)
- Format eBook
- Pages 264
- Language English