Crime and Deviance - State Crime

Question 1

1. domestic law - chambliss

Answer 1

• acts defined as criminal by law
• committed by state officals in pursuit of jobs as representatives of the state

Question 2

2. international law - rothe and mullins

Answer 2

• action by or on behalf of state that violates international laws
  e.g Geneva Convention, UDHR
• internationally agreed, objective, designed to counter state crime
• not full consensus on international law e.g Sharia Law, Guantanamo Bay

Question 3

3. social harm and zemiology - Michalowki

Answer 3

• harm not law, but consequences are same as illegal act
• single standard can be applied to all
• subjective and vague

Question 4

4. Labelling and social reaction

Answer 4

• socially constructed definition, so can vary from time to culture
• prevents imposition of own definition where other may not define same situation as unlawful

Question 5

5. Human Rights - Herman

Answer 5

• violations of peoples human rights
• R2P, susceptible to shame if not