"As politicians and the media perpetuate the stereotype of the "common criminal," crimes committed by the powerful remain for the most part invisible or are reframed as a "bad decision" or a "rare mistake." This is a topic that remains marginalized within the field of criminolog…
"As politicians and the media perpetuate the stereotype of the "common criminal," crimes committed by the powerful remain for the most part invisible or are reframed as a "bad decision" or a "rare mistake." This is a topic that remains marginalized within the field of criminolog…
"As politicians and the media perpetuate the stereotype of the "common criminal," crimes committed by the powerful remain for the most part invisible or are reframed as a "bad decision" or a "rare mistake." This is a topic that remains marginalized within the field of criminolog…
State Crime: Current Perspectives
by Rothe, Dawn, Kauzlarich, David, Ross, Jeffrey Ian, Bohlander, Michael, Barak, Gregg, Bassiouni, M. Cherif, Kramer, Ronald C., Mullins, Christopher, Chambliss, William, Friedrichs, David, Haveman, Roelof, Hoofnagle, Kara, Iadicola, Peter, Michalowski, Raymond J., Parmentier, Stephan, Weitkamp, Elmar
fromCritical issues in crime and society
Current media and political discourse on crime has long ignored crimes committed by States themselves, despite their greater financial and human toll. For two decades, scholars have examined how and why States violate their own laws and international law and explored what can be…
Endorsement -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of Tables -- A reflexive preamble -- Preface -- Part I The foundations -- Chapter 1 An introduction to crimes of the powerful -- Crimes of the po…