State crime

    Cards (4)

    • Green and Ward (2005)

      'illegal or deviant activities perpertrated by or with the complicity of state agencies'
      • Genocide
      • War crimes
      • Torture
      • Imprisonment without trial
      • Execution
    • McLaughlin (2001)
      Four categories of state crime:
      • Political
      • Crimes by security and police forces
      • Economic
      • Social and cultural
    • Human rights
      Natural and civil rights
      Violation of basic huma rights rather than the breaking of legal rules
    • Five neutralisation techniques - Matza (1957)
      • Denial of victim
      • Denial of injury
      • Denial of responsibility
      • Condemning the condemners
      • Appeal to higher loyalty
      The state has the power to commit state crimes but uses these techniques to legitimise their actions
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