Constitutive criminology and the ‘War on terror’

This article presents a constitutive criminological perspective of the ‘war on terror’. The article will first deconstruct the ‘war on terror’; showing how constitutive criminology provides a framework in which foreign policy, the UK state; the police, and society can be systematically analyzed in r...

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Main Author: Ahmed, Shamila (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
In: Critical criminology
Year: 2014, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 357-371
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Crime Control
Discursive Practice
Moral Disengagement
State Crime
Terrorist Attack
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Summary:This article presents a constitutive criminological perspective of the ‘war on terror’. The article will first deconstruct the ‘war on terror’; showing how constitutive criminology provides a framework in which foreign policy, the UK state; the police, and society can be systematically analyzed in relation to one another. Second, the article explores how constitutive criminology enables a critical analysis of the dominant state-centric ‘war on terror’ discourse. The article through discussing the multifaceted ‘war on terror’ demonstrates the relevance of constitutive criminology, as a non state centric approach to critical perspectives in criminology.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 368-371
ISSN:1572-9877
DOI:10.1007/s10612-014-9235-6