State crime in the global age

This book brings together original writings from leading scholars in the field to explore the many ways that the use and abuse of state power results in grave social harms that outweigh, by far, the consequences of ordinary street crime. The topics covered include the crimes of empire, illegal war, the bombing of civilians, state sanctioned torture, state sacrifice of human lives, and judicial wrongdoing.

State Crime in the Global Age brings together original writings from leading scholars in the field that explore the many ways that the use and abuse of state power results in grave social harms that outweigh, by far, the consequences of ordinary street crime. The book breaks new ground through its examination of the ways globalization has intensified potentials for state crime, by bringing novel theoretical understandings of the state to the study of state crime, and by exploring strategies for confronting state crime