State fragility around the world : fractured justice and fierce reprisal / Laurie A. Gould, Department of Criminal and Criminology, Georgia Southern University; Stephen Matthew Pate, Senior Research Fellow, Violence Research Group School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany.
Circumventing the system : justice delivery in fragile states -- Punishment in fragile states -- Terrorism in fragile states -- The relationship between transnational crime and state fragility -- Gender violence and gender-based disparities in fragile states -- Case study Georgia : a state in crisis -- Case studies : weak and failing states -- Concluding thoughts.
Summary:
Failed and fragile states often govern through the criminalization of otherwise inconsequential or tolerated acts. These weak states also frequently use kidnapping, murder, and other violent or oppressive tactics to maintain order and stay in power. State Fragility Around the World: Fractured Justice and Fierce Reprisal analyzes the path to state failure, one manifestation of which appears through the fragility and dysfunction of its criminal justice system. This book examines what happens when a government loses the ability, or will, to provide basic goods and services to its constituents.
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