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Zusatztext 'This book successfully provides the reader with an introduction to the complex issue of state crime. It is a topic that examines the intersection of law! politics and criminology. Doig reveals that state crime is an emerging! inchoate and contested area of study. However! it is a topic that is important as it draws criminology into addressing wider issues of power and the uses of crime and crime control.'-Jamie Bennett! Governor of HMP Grendon & Springhill! in Prison Service Journal no 203 Informationen zum Autor Alan Doig was Professor of Public Services Management at Liverpool Business School and Teesside Business School before being appointed in 2008 as Resident Advisor on the Council of Europe's Prevention of Corruption project in Turkey. He was then appointed as the UNODC UNCAC mentor for Thailand, finishing in 2010. He currently works for a number of international organisations and is a Visiting Professor at a UK University. He has published extensively on ethics, corruption, economic crime and politics; along with Corruption and Misconduct in Contemporary British Politics (1984) and Westminster Babylon (1990), State Crime completes his trilogy on aspects of sex, money and power in British politics. His last book was Fraud , published by Willan in 2006. Klappentext This book provides an introduction to state crime, with a particular focus on the UK, where the use of crime to achieve policy and political objectives is an underdeveloped aspect of academic study. The book overviews the various definitional issues, before exploring possible examples of state crime in the UK, and considering why state crime occurs and how it is investigated and adjudicated. Questions addressed include: what are state crimes? how far does state crime require evidence of official policy, approved by those who are the leaders of the state, or state institutions? who exactly decides that this should be official policy? how and who adjudges on such conduct? Zusammenfassung Presents an introduction to state crime, with a particular focus on the UK. This book overviews the various definitional issues before exploring possible examples of state crime in the UK and then considering why state crime occurs and how it is investigated and adjudicated. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Issue of British State Crime: Introduction 2. Themes from the State Crime Literature: Labels 3. Themes from the State Crime Literature: Motives 4. What is a State in the UK Context? 5. State Crime: What is a Crime in the UK Context? 6. Not on the Label? State Crime: Opportunities and Motives in a Liberal Democratic State 7. Controlling State Crime and State Crime 8. Conclusion: Three Issues in Rethinking State Crime...
