Explanations of State crime

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  • Explanations on State crime and Human Abuses
    • Cohen's work explains why state crimes involve abuses of human rights is possible even in societies where it is immoral
      • Chambliss argues that sociologist should investigate state organised crime as well as Capitalist crime
    • Green and Ward
      • The Obedience Theory
        • Its not rule breaking but conformity which explains state crime
          • Authorisation
            • Individuals act in accordance with state policy and the state supports action
          • Dehumanisation
            • State promotes a single cultural identity based on marginalisation of minorities
          • Routinisation
            • Illegal crimes become part of a routine (they are normalised)
        • Violent states encourage obedience by those who carry out state-backed human right abuses like genocide
      • Integrated Theory
        • State crimes arise from similar reasons to conventional crimes (street)
          • a motive
          • the opportunity to commit
          • failure of controls that may prevent it from happening
    • Criticism
      • However  state crimes cannot just be explained in terms of individual motivation
      • Structural factors to do with how the state and political parties work are also important

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