State Crime in the Global Age

by Raymond Michalowski and Ronald C. Kramer

State Crime in the Global Age 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. The book breaks...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843927039
• ISBN13: 9781843927037
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Willan Publishing (UK)
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"