Description
Book SynopsisThis is the first book to examine the activities of UK and international role models' through the lens of state crime and social policy. Written by experts in the field of sociology and social policy, it provides a comprehensive discussion of state immorality and deviance generally and state crime in particular.
Trade Review"A provocative and stimulating book and one that should be essential reading for anybody wanting a better understanding of the complex interplay between politics, the media, business and criminal enterprise." James Windle, University of East London
Table of ContentsIntroduction; Defining the State, its Institutions, Allies and Protagonists; The State, Corporations and Organised Crime; Drugs and Thugs: Examples of Organised Crime, State Collusion and Limited Responses; The Media as Both an Influential and Supportive Arm of the State; Beyond the Borders: State Terrorism from Without and Against the ‘Other’; Without and Within: State Crime in Northern Ireland (Violence, Collusion and the Paramilitaries); Fighting the Enemy Within: Internal State Terrorism, Argentina’s ‘Dirty War’ (1976-83), the UK Miners’ Strike (1984-5) and the ‘Battle’ of Orgreave; Conclusion: The Role, Nature and Control of State Crime.
