State Crime
Book (italiano):
"An admirable collection of case studies b% leading scholars that illuminates the historical and modern contours of state crime."-Baarbara Perry, University of Ontario Institute of Technology<BR><BR>"Given recent highly injurious acts committed by governments around the world, this riveting book is essential reading for scholars, students, activists, and policy makers."-Walter Dekeseredy, Author of Contemporary Critical Criminology<BR><BR>Current media and political discourse on crime has long ignored crimes committed by States themselves, despite their greater financial and human toll. For the past two decades, scholars have examined how and why States violate their own laws and international law, and explored what can he done to reduce or prevent these injustices. Through a collection of essays by leading scholars in the held, State Crime offers a set of cases exemplifying state criminality along with various methods for controlling governmental transgressions. With topics ranging from crimes of aggression to nuclear weapons to the construction and implementation of social controls, this volume is an indispensable resource for those who examine the behavior of States and those who study crime in its varied forms.<BR><BR>Dawn L. Rothe is an assistant professor of criminology at Old Dominion University<BR><BR>Christopher W. Mullins is an assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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