State Crime

"An admirable collection of case studies by leading scholars that illuminate the historical and modern contours of state crime."- Barbara Perry (University of Ontario Institute of Technology) "Given recent highly injurious acts committed by governments around the world, this riveting book is essential reading for scholars, students, activists, and policy makers. A timely and much needed contribution to the field."- Walter DeKeseredy (author of Contemporary Critical Criminology) "There has been a paucity of research on state crime, but this volume makes an important contribution to the literature and should not only stimulate further research on state crime, but also contribute to social policies that seek to reduce it. Highly recommended."(Choice)

• Foreword / William J. ChamblissIntroduction : Crimes of state and other forms of collective group violence by nonstate actors / M. Cherif BassiouniRevisiting crimes by the capitalist state / Gregg BarakThe crime of the last century and of this century / David O. FriedrichsNuclear weapons, international law, and the normalization of state crime / Ronald C. Kramer and David KauzlarichEmpire and exceptionalism : the Bush administration's criminal war against Iraq / Ronald C. Kramer and Raymond J. MichalowskiDo empires commit state crime? / Peter IadicolaBurundi : a history of conflict and state crime / Kara HoofnagleLegal precedent, jurisprudence, and state crime : Pinochet and crimes against humanity / Dawn L. Rothe and Michael BohlanderReinventing controlling state crime and varieties of state crime and its control : what I would have done differently / Jeffrey Ian RossComplementary and alternative domestic responses to state crime / Dawn L. RotheThe fairness of Gacaca / Roelof H. Haveman and Alphonse MuleefuAssassination of regime elites versus collateral civilian damage / Michael Bohlander and Dawn L. RotheHow to restore justice in Serbia? : a closer look at peoples' opinions about post-war reconciliation / Stephan Parmentier, Marta Valiñas, and Elmar WeitekampThe current status and role of the international criminal court / Christopher W. Mullins