State Crime: Current Perspectives - Critical Issues in Crime and Society

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Available in cloth. Review Quotes: "Given recent highly injurious acts committed by governments around the world, this riveting book is essential reading for scholars, students, activists, and policy makers. A timely and much needed contribution to the field."--Walter DeKeseredy"author of Contemporary Critical Criminology" (07/01/2010) Review Quotes: "An admirable collection of case studies by leading scholars that illuminate the historical and modern contours of state crime."--Barbara Perry"University of Ontario Institute of Technology" (03/23/2010) Publisher Marketing: There is no limit to the number of crimes--including acts of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, piracy, drug smuggling, governmental corruption and illegal intelligence gathering--committed by various national governments. In STATE CRIME, the volume editors gather together some of the best new research on state transgressions, in addition to asking senior scholars to reflect on their past research and bring it up to date. The first section of the book features a well-rounded set of cases exemplifying state criminality, including an examination of the Holocaust through a criminological framework, and a look at the illegal aggressions committed by the US army in Iraq. The second section of the book focuses on various methods for controlling these governmental transgressions, including domestic legal sanctions and also international enforcers such as the International Court of Human Rights. Contributors to this section of the book examine worldwide policies, such as the international rule against the assassination of regime elites regardless of the acts of aggression and criminality committed by them. The book taps into a previously overloked area that is most relevant for understanding what policies or responses to governmental crime would be most effective in constraining the worst acts. Contributors include leading scholars in criminology such as Ray Michalowski, David Friedrichs, and Peter Iadicola. Review Citations:

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Contributor Bio:  Ross, Jeffrey Ian Jeffrey Ian Ross is associate professor in the School of Criminal Justice and a research fellow of the Center for International and Comparative Law at the University of Baltimore. He is the author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of numerous books, including, most recently, "The Globalization of Supermax Prisons". Contributor Bio:  Rothe, Dawn L Dawn L. Rothe is an assistant professor of criminology at Old Dominion University. She is the author of "State Criminality: The Crime of All Crimes", "Symbolic Gestures and the Generation of Global Social Control", and coauthor with Christopher W. Mullins of "Blood, Power, and Bedlam: Violations of International Criminal Law in Post-Colonial Africa". Contributor Bio:  Mullins, Christopher W Christopher W. Mullins is an assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He has authored or coauthored several books including "Holding Your Square: Masculinities, Streetlife, and Violence". Contributor Bio:  Chambliss, William J William J. Chambliss, professor of sociology at The George Washington University, was a critical sociological theorist whose research has ranged broadly from studies of law creation and the legal system to participant observation studies of juvenile gangs, organized crime, policing, and the impact of social movements on political and economic change. He served as president of the American Society of Criminology and the Society for the Study of Social Problems. He has received numerous awards for his research and teaching, including the prestigious Edwin H. Sutherland Award from the American Society of Criminology, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Sociological Association, the Bruce Smith Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, the PASS Award from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Sociology of Law Section of the American Sociological Association. He has authored and edited over 35 books in sociology, criminology and criminal justice and numerous articles in social science journals. Contributor Bio:  Bassiouni, M Cherif M. Cherif Bassiouni is a distinguished research professor of law emeritus at DePaul University College of Law and president emeritus of the law school's International Human Rights Law Institute. He also is president of the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences in Siracusa, Italy and honorary president of the International Association of Penal Law in Paris, France. He has served the United Nations in a number of capacities and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in the field of international criminal justice and for his contribution to the creation of the International Criminal Court. Bassiouni is the author or editor of 79 books and the author of 241 articles on a wide range of legal issues. Contributor Bio:  Michalowski, Raymond michalowski is a sociologist and the chair of the department of criminal justice at northern arizona university. Contributor Bio:  Iadicola, Peter Peter Iadicola is professor of sociology at the joint campus of Indiana and Purdue Universities in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Contributor Bio:  Kauzlarich, David Kauzlarich-Assistant professor of Sociology at Southern Illinois University. Contributor Bio:  Parmentier, Stephan Stephan Parmentier teaches sociology of crime, law and human rights at the Faculty of Law of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, and coordinates the research line on political crimes, human rights and human security at the Leuven Institute of Criminology (LINC). He also currently serves as the Secretary General of the International Society for Criminology. Contributor Bio:  Barak, Gregg Gregg Barak is Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology at Eastern Michigan University. His publications include "Violence, Conflict and World Order: Critical Conversations on State Sanctioned Justice 2006", "Crime, Inequality, and Justice: Integrating Class, Race, and Gender, 2nd edition", "Violence and Nonviolence: Pathways to Understanding", "Class, Race, Gender, and Crime", "Crime and Crime Control: A Global View" (Greenwood, 2000), "Varieties of Criminology: Readings from a Dynamic Discipline" (Praeger, 1994), "Gimme Shelter: A Social History of Homelessness in Contemporary America" (Praeger, 1991), among other titles. He is widely published in academic journals and has contributed many book chapters. Contributor Bio:  Friedrichs, David Textbook author.