Legitimating war by victimization: state-corporate crime and public opinion

This article argues that the ideological use of victimization helps legitimate the state-corporate crime of aggressive war. This contributes to the emerging criminology of war by offering a theoretical framework to better understand how state and corporate actors legitimate criminal military action....

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Authors: Klein, Josh (Author) ; Lavery, Cathy (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2011
In: Crime, law and social change
Year: 2011, Volume: 56, Issue: 3, Pages: 301-317
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Media Content
Moral Panic
Personal Worry
Public Opinion
Victimization Worry