state crime and human rights

Question 1

what is state crime

Answer 1

illegal or deviant activities committed by state agencies

Question 2

what are the four categories of state crime

Answer 2

political-corruption/censorship
crimes by secruity-genocide,torture
economic crime-violation of health and safety law
social crime-institutional racism

Question 3

why is it a serious type of crime

Answer 3

the power allows enables large scale crime with widespread victimsation
can bring death,disease with one descsion can effect entire human groups

Question 4

state the source of law

Answer 4

state defines what is criminal,prosecute offenders and manage cjs, it has the power to avoid defining own actions as criminal
app- nazi germany made laws permitting the steralisation of disabled against their will

Question 5

what is the spiral of denial

Answer 5

democratic states legitimise actions in complex ways
stage1- it didnt happen
stage 2- if it did happen it is something else ( not what it looks like)
stage 3-its justified even if it is what you say it is

Question 6

neutralisation theory

Answer 6

dont seek to deny event rather impose a diff narrative of event
-denial of victim,exaggerate eg terrorism
-denial of responsibility- i was obeying orders
denial of injury- they started it we are the victims

Question 7

what are the types of human rights

Answer 7

human-moral principles describing standard of human behavior
natural-right to life,free speech just by being alive
civil-right to vote, privacy and education