Synopses & Reviews
Jeffrey Ian Ross here provides a comprehensive analysis of political crime, addressing violent and nonviolent crimes committed by and against the state—including political corruption, illegal domestic surveillance, and human rights violations—in the United States and other industrialized democracies since the 1960s. He explores various aspects of the issue, including its causes, ways to control it, and the effects of different types of political crime. Integrating new scholarship on state crime in the wake of 9/11, Ross uses numerous examples to help readers understand this complex issue.
A companion website for this book, including resources for students and teachers, can be found at: http://www.policypress.co.uk/resources/ross/
Review
“Traditionally, scholars of criminology and political science have had little to say to each other. This immensely valuable book succeeds admirably in bridging these disciplinary silos. Focusing on the intersection of crime and politics, it is a wonderfully accessible work that will appeal to students, teachers, and other readers alike.”--Peter Grabosky, Australian National University
Review
“Jeffrey Ross's book on the politics of crime and the crimes of politics is a most welcome text for the undergraduate student. It treats this most challenging and important of topics in a systematic, balanced, and clearly presented fashion.”--Gary T. Marx, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Synopsis
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 (e.g. political corruption, illegal domestic surveillance, and human rights violations) in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and other advanced industrialized democracies since the 1960s. Written by a respected social scientist, this book reviews appropriate theories of political crime and explains numerous definitional and conceptual issues, causes of political crimes, ways to control it, and effects of different types of political crime. Ross integrates new scholarship on state crime, and post 9/11 developments in both scholarship and current affairs and uses numerous examples to help readers understand the issues. The book is supported by a companion website, containing additional materials for both students and lecturers, which is available from the link above.
Synopsis
An introduction to political crime provides a comprehensive and contemporary analysis of political crime including both violent and nonviolent crimes committed by and against the state in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and other advanced industrialized democracies since the 1960s.
About the Author
Jeffrey Ian Ross is associate professor in the School of Criminal Justice and a research fellow of the Center for International and Comparative Law at the University of Baltimore. He is the author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of numerous books, including, most recently, The Globalization of Supermax Prisons.
Table of Contents
List of boxes, figures and tables
About the author
Acknowledgements
Foreword by David O. Friedrichs
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical explanations of political crime
3. Oppositional political crimes
4. Nonviolent oppositional political crimes
5. Violent oppositional political crimes: assassination, riot, sabotage, subversion, and terrorism
6. State crime
7. Political corruption
8. Illegal domestic surveillance
9. Human rights violations
10. State violence
11. State-corporate crime
12. Conclusion: controlling oppositional and state crime
References
Index