state Crime Flashcards
What is zemiology ( state crime )
Study of things that cause harm but not illegal
What are the four categories of state crime according the Eugene McLaughan( state crime )
Political crimes
Crimes by security police forces
Economic crimes
Social and cultural crimes
What do nation states and large corporations have the power to do ( state crime )
Inflict serious damage in the environment and its own citizens
What are examples of war crimes (state crime)
Offences under international law
Include direct attacks against civilians (torture, child slavery)
What does a states monopoly of violence give (state crime)
Potential for massive harm
Why does media attention rarely focus on war crimes committed by elite Nations such as U.S. And Britain (state crime)
Media attention is often on wat crimes by third world countries
What are some examples of war crimes (state crime)
Hiroshima and Nuremberg
What is a recent example of genocide (state crime)
Rwanda and Tutsis and Hutus
What are the two definitions of human rights (state crime)
Natural rights- right to live Liberty
Civil rights - right to vote privacy
What does schwendinger suggest about human rights and state crime (state crime)
We should define crime in terms of violation of human rights rather than breaking legal rules
The state can also be seen as a perp and not just authority
What is a criticising view of schwendinger on human rights (state crime)
While gross violations of human rights are not self evidently criminal even if we find them morally unacceptable
Also disagreement on what rights actually ate as right to life is but right to no poverty isn’t
What are the two factors that makes state crime increasingly central for both political debate and criminology (state crime)
Growing impact of international human rights movement
Increased focus within criminology on victims
What does Cohen argue the state do to cover up their crimes against human rights (state crime)
Spiral of denial
Stage one - it didn’t happen
Stage two - if it did happen it is someone else
Stage 3- it is justified
When Cohen draws on the work of matza what does he suggest (state crime)
Neutralisation theory 1 denial of victim 2 denial of injury 3 denial of responsibility 4 condemnation of condemers 5 appeal to higher loyalty
What does kelman and Hamilton suggest about the social conditions of state crime (state crime)
Crimes of obedience three features
1 authorisation
2 routinisation
3 dehumanisation
