Secrets exposed?: selective state concern and the prosecution of notorious arms trafficker Viktor Bout

Criminological scholarship has long recognized that small arms are trafficked through large and complex international networks that involve a multitude of different actors. These actors include different buyers, sellers, brokers, intermediaries, corporations, and most importantly states. Despite thi...

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Authors: Collins, Victoria E. (Author) ; Pujol, Melissa (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2016
In: Critical criminology
Year: 2016, Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Pages: 93-109
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Keywords:
Cargo Plane
Crime Control Policy
Extensive Criminal History
Illegal Weapon
National Security Adviser
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Summary:Criminological scholarship has long recognized that small arms are trafficked through large and complex international networks that involve a multitude of different actors. These actors include different buyers, sellers, brokers, intermediaries, corporations, and most importantly states. Despite this recognition, there has been little research on the duality of the role of states that are both perpetrators and controllers of this crime. Here we analyze the court transcripts and media accounts of the prosecution of notorious arms trafficker Viktor Bout. In doing so, we show that arms trafficking prosecutions fit within the realm of neo-liberal crime control policies where the focus is hyper-individualism and the protection of state legitimacy, which allows for the maintenance of a flourishing arms market.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 106-109
ISSN:1572-9877
DOI:10.1007/s10612-015-9281-8