Towards a Victimology of State Crime - Hardcover

9781138160606: Towards a Victimology of State Crime

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138160601 ISBN 13: 9781138160606

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

State crime victimization often leaves a legacy of unrecognized victims that are ignored, forgotten, or negated the right to be labeled as such. Victims are often glossed over, as the focus is on a state’s actions or inactions rather than the subsequent victimization and victims. Towards a Victimology of State Crime serves to highlight the forgotten victims, processes and cases of revictimization within a sociological, criminological framework. Contributors include expert scholars of state crime and victimology from North America, Europe, Africa, and Latin America to provide a well-rounded focus that can address and penetrate the issues of victims of state crime. This includes a diverse number of case study examples of victims of state crime and the systems of control that facilitate or impede addressing the needs of victims. Additionally, with the inclusion of a section on controls, this volume taps into an area that is often overlooked: the international level of social control in relation to a victimology of state criminality.

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About the Author:

Dawn L. Rothe is an Associate Professor at Old Dominion University and the director of the International State Crime Research Consortium. She is the author or co-author of four other books and over four dozen peer reviewed articles and book chapters dealing with the topics of state crime, corporate crime, and international institutions of control.

David Kauzlarich is Professor of Sociology at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. He is the author of several books and articles on state crime, criminology, and sociological theory. He has been given several honours for both his teaching and research.

Review:

This book is long overdue. Rothe and Kauzlarich expose the most pervasive forms of victimization, and have given voice to the millions of people that have been victimized by states. States, since their inception, have had a monopoly on violence and oppression. This book demands our attention.

Rick Matthews, Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Carthage College, USA.

Towards a Victimology of State Crime is a book long overdue in the evolving field of state crime. Dawn Rothe and David Kauzlarich have assembled an outstanding team of experts to advance our understanding of state violence and highlight the victimization that is all too often glossed over or ignored in the state crime literature. By placing a spotlight on the experiences of victims of state crime and further illuminating the causes and consequences of state-sanctioned violence, Rothe and Kauzlarich have laid the foundation for significant progress in the empirical and theoretical realms of explaining state criminality and victimization.

Dr. Emily Lenning, Assistant Professor, Fayetteville State University, USA.

State crime exacts a significant human toll; it destroys communities and burdens entire generations. Yet criminologists have devoted very little attention to the experience and struggle of state crime’s victims. Consequently, Towards a Victimology of State Crime is a timely and important intervention. Its rigorous and stimulating range of international case studies – composed by leading scholars in the field – will help push victimology debates in the right direction.

Dr Kristian Lasslett, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Ulster and member of the International State Crime Initiative’s Executive Board, Ireland, UK.

In pulling together this excellent collection of essays on state crimes and victimization from around the globe, Rothe and Kauzlarich have not only helped to fill a gap in the existing literature, by connecting these two areas of criminological theory and practice, but they have also provided a launching pad for navigating the complexities of state crime victimization.

Gregg Barak, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Eastern Michigan University, USA.

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