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Title:

Crimes of states and powerful elites : a collection of case studies / edited and co-written by Claudia Radiven and Simon Prideaux.

Publisher:

Anthem Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xviii, 218 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

State crimes--Case studies.
State crimes--Law and legislation--Case studies.
Corporate culture--Case studies.
Criminal investigation--Case studies.
State crimes--Law and legislation.
Case studies.

Other Authors:

Radiven, Claudia, author. author.
Prideaux, Simon, author. author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- 1. Disasters in Aberfan and Grenfell -- 2. Medico: Big Pharma and the Flint water crisis -- 3. Genocide: the Rohingya and forced sterilisation of women of colour in the United States -- 4. State crime, corporate crime and organized crime in the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and the Congo -- 5. Organised crime: county lines in the United Kingdom and the problem of Bosnian 'peacekeepers' -- 6. Colonial crimes: the Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand and residential schools in Canada -- 7. Internment: Yarl{u2019}s Wood and the Magdalene Laundries -- Conclusion.

Summary:

A collection of case studies investigating the crimes of the powerful, the social harms caused and the perpetuation of inequalities through lack of prosecution.

ISBN:

9781785279874
1785279874

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1227383286

LCCN:

2021939403

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)