State Crime. Current Perspectives

Rothe, Dawn L., and Christopher W. Mullins, Eds.

ISBN 10: 0813549019 / ISBN 13: 9780813549019

Published by Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, 2011

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xiv + 351 pp. Rubber-stamped on half-title page.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: State Crime. Current Perspectives
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813549019
• ISBN 13: 9780813549019
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very good
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sociology

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Synopsis

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 be done to reduce or prevent these injustices. Through a collection of essays by leading scholars in the field, 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.

About the Author

Edited and with a new introduction by William Chambliss, the George Washington University, USA; and Chris Moloney, Colorado State University, USA