An Introduction to Political Crime

by Ross, Jeffrey Ian; Friedrichs, David O.

• ISBN13: 9781847426796
• ISBN10: 1847426794
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-06-15
• Publisher: Policy Press

Summary

In An introduction to political crime, Jeffrey Ian Ross provides the most comprehensive and contemporary analysis of political crime, addressing both violent and nonviolent crimes committed by and against the state (for example, political corruption, illegal domestic survillance, and human rights violations) in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and other advanced industrialized democracies since the 1960s.

Author Biography

Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D. is a Professor in the School of Criminal Justice, College of Public Affairs, and a Research Fellow of the Center for International and Comparative Law at the University of Baltimore, USA. He has researched, written, and lectured primarily on corrections, policing, political crime, violence, and crime and justice in American Indian communities for over two decades. Ross is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of 16 books.

Table of Contents

List of boxes, figures and tables	p. vi
About the author	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. viii
Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Theoretical explanations of political crime	p. 17
Oppositional political crimes	p. 29
Nonviolent oppositional political crimes	p. 35
Violent oppositional political crimes: assassination, riot, sabotage, subversion, and terrorism	p. 53
State crime	p. 73
Political corruption	p. 85
Illegal domestic surveillance	p. 101
Human rights violations	p. 115
State violence	p. 137
State-corporate crime	p. 149
Conclusion: controlling oppositional and state crime	p. 159
References	p. 179
Index	p. 201
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