An Introduction to Political Crime
Distributed for Policy Press at the University of Bristol
With a Foreword by David O. Friedrichs
209 pages
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6 3/4 x 9 1/2
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© 2012
Jeffrey Ian Ross here provides a comprehensive analysis of political crime, addressing violent and nonviolent crimes committed by and against the state—including political corruption, illegal domestic surveillance, and human rights violations—in the United States and other industrialized democracies since the 1960s. He explores various aspects of the issue, including its causes, ways to control it, and the effects of different types of political crime. Integrating new scholarship on state crime in the wake of 9/11, Ross uses numerous examples to help readers understand this complex issue.
A companion website for this book, including resources for students and teachers, can be found at: http://www.policypress.co.uk/resources/ross/
A companion website for this book, including resources for students and teachers, can be found at: http://www.policypress.co.uk/resources/ross/
Gary T. Marx
“Jeffrey Ross's book on the politics of crime and the crimes of politics is a most welcome text for the undergraduate student. It treats this most challenging and important of topics in a systematic, balanced, and clearly presented fashion.”--Gary T. Marx, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Contents
List of boxes, figures and tables
About the author
Acknowledgements
Foreword by David O. Friedrichs
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical explanations of political crime
3. Oppositional political crimes
4. Nonviolent oppositional political crimes
5. Violent oppositional political crimes: assassination, riot, sabotage, subversion, and terrorism
6. State crime
7. Political corruption
8. Illegal domestic surveillance
9. Human rights violations
10. State violence
11. State-corporate crime
12. Conclusion: controlling oppositional and state crime
References
Index
About the author
Acknowledgements
Foreword by David O. Friedrichs
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical explanations of political crime
3. Oppositional political crimes
4. Nonviolent oppositional political crimes
5. Violent oppositional political crimes: assassination, riot, sabotage, subversion, and terrorism
6. State crime
7. Political corruption
8. Illegal domestic surveillance
9. Human rights violations
10. State violence
11. State-corporate crime
12. Conclusion: controlling oppositional and state crime
References
Index
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