State Crime
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- Created on: 28-12-17 15:24
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- State Crimes
- The Nature and extent
- The resource of some states make it possible for them to commit crime on a bigger scale than individuals
- They have more ability than other institutions to use violence and force because of control of police and military
- They define what is legal and what is illegal within their own jurisdiction
- Green and Ward
- They often maintain secrecy over their actions making it difficult to define state crime
- Examples of state crime
- Genocide
- War Crimes
- 120,000 civilians were killed in the invasion in Iraq in 2003
- Torture and imprisonment
- Amnesty international found 111 counties use torture and ill-punishment in 2009
- Grand Corruption
- Violence of police
- The resource of some states make it possible for them to commit crime on a bigger scale than individuals
- McLaughlin
- Divides state crime into 4 sections
- Political crimes
- Rigging elections
- Economic crimes
- Failing to pay employees the minimal wage
- Social and Cultural crimes
- Mistreatment of ethnic minorities
- Crimes of the police and security forces
- `torture, illegal detentions and unjustified violence
- Political crimes
- Divides state crime into 4 sections
- Defining State Crimes
- International Laws
- It is open to interpretation and difficult to impose
- It has only been partly successful to inforce international laws
- because not all countries sign the agreement
- Only deals with most serious 'crimes against humanity'
- Human Rights
- Its provides a basis when determining what is state crime and not
- There is a certain standard against which behaviour can be judged, regardless of legalisation in individual countries
- Its provides a basis when determining what is state crime and not
- International Laws
- Culture of Denial
- Cohen
- State crimes are a gross violation of human rights against international law and national law causing harm to humans
- The state develop a culture of denial to respond to the issues of abuse (crimes)
- Stage 1
- Claim the event did not happen which is challenged by non-governmentalorganisationslike amnesty international
- As well as investigative reporters, and victims as they could provide evidence that shows the issue did occur
- Stage 2
- State tries to redefine what has taken place as being something other than human rights abuse
- They may argue it was by accident
- Stage 3
- State argues that even if the abuse occurred, it was justified as it prevented greater harm
- This was to maintain national security
- Therefore it uses Matza and Skyes "techniques of neutralisation" to make the abuse seem more acceptable without going against the idea that H/A is wrong
- Stage 1
- Cohen
- The Nature and extent
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