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Sociology
Crime and deviance
State crime
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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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