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State Crime And Resistance
Hardback Edition: 1/2012
Within criminology ‘the state’ is often ignored as an actor or represented as a neutral force. While state crime studies have proliferated, criminologists have not paid attention to the history and impact of resistance to state crime. This book recognises that crimes of the state
are far more serious and harmful than crimes committed by individuals, and considers how such crimes may be contested, prevented, challenged or stopped.
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Gathering together key scholars from the UK, USA, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, this book offers a deepened understanding of state crime through the practical and analytical lens of resistance. This book focuses on crimes ranging from gross violations of human rights such as genocide, war crimes, mass killings, summary executions, torture, harsh detention, rape during war, through to entrenched discrimination, unjust social policies, border controls, corruption, fraud, resource plunder and the failure to provide the regulatory environment and principled leadership necessary to deal with global warming.
As the first to focus on state crime and resistance, this collection inspires new questions as it maps the contours of some unexplored territory. It is aimed at students and academics researching state crimes, resistance, human rights and social movements. It is also essential reading for all those interested in joining the struggles to centre ways of living that value humanity and justice over power. Elizabeth Stanley is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Social and Cultural Studies at the Victoria University of Wellington, NZ. Jude McCulloch is Professor of Criminology at Monash University, Australia.
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Pages : 272
Publisher : Routledge
Publication date : 2012-10
Subjects: Non-fiction, Social Sciences, Social Services & Welfare, Criminology, Crime & Criminology