On Resisting State Crime: Conceptual and Contextual Issues

In this article the author discusses the criminology of state crime. It is noted that crimes of state are greater in scope than those crimes committed by individual offenders. A number of issues are addressed including transnational crime, supranational criminology, crime and social harm, and global...

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Main Author: Friedrichs, David O. 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2009
In: Social justice
Year: 2009, Volume: 36, Issue: 3, Pages: 4-27
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Ethics
Crime & ethics
Globalization > Moral & ethical aspects
Transnational Crime
Nation-state
State crimes
Criminology
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Summary:In this article the author discusses the criminology of state crime. It is noted that crimes of state are greater in scope than those crimes committed by individual offenders. A number of issues are addressed including transnational crime, supranational criminology, crime and social harm, and global and comparative criminology. Also examined is resistance to state criminality, the cost to community and society of state crimes, core concepts contained in supranational criminality, and resistance to state crime in a globalized world.