States of Violence and the Civilising Process: On Criminology and State Crime

by Rob Watts

This book offers a distinctive and novel approach to state-sponsored violence, one of the major problems facing humanity in the previous and now the twenty-first century. It addresses the question: how is it possible that large numbers of ordinary men and women are able to do the killing, torturing and violence that defines crimes against humanity? In his striking analysis, Rob Watts shows how and why states, of all political persuasions, engage in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137499400
• ISBN13: 9781137499400
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 413 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.3"