Tolerating State Violence

Using contemporary case examples from three liberal democracies - Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom- this book questions: how do state institutions create the conditions for the tolerance of state violence and harms? And, from this knowledge, how might we make the violence and harms intolerable?

List of contents

1. Introduction: Tolerating State Violence 2. Performing the Violent State 3. Vindicating Violence 4. Violent Bureaucracies 5. Violent Economies 6. Victimization and Terror 7. Law and Oversight 8. From Ritualistic Reform to Transformations

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Stanley, Stanley Elizabeth
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.11.2025
• EAN: 9781041002833
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4100283-3
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Crimes of the Powerful
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Legal aspects of criminology, Social Law, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Violence and abuse in society, Criminology: legal aspects, Social law and Medical law, New Zealand / Aotearoa