State Criminality - (Issues in Crime and Justice) by Dawn L Rothe (Hardcover)

About the Book

Referencing a broad range of cases of state crime and international institutions of control, State Criminality provides a general framework and survey-style discussion of the field for teaching undergraduate and graduate students, and it serves as a useful general reference po...

Book Synopsis

Referencing a broad range of cases of state crime and international institutions of control, State Criminality provides a general framework and survey-style discussion of the field for teaching undergraduate and graduate students, and it serves as a useful general reference point for scholars of state crime.

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In light of the immense importance of this topic, this excellent book deserves the widest possible readership among criminologists and all other interest parties. Essential. Most levels/libraries.

Rothe provides us with a masterful overview of what is known and what needs to be known about crimes of states and their control. She lays out a very useful typology and an integrated theory to advance our understanding of state crime, and she delineates the nature of the challenges confronting international legal institutions. State Criminality is an essential acquisition for the library of all students of crimes of states. It is sure to be regarded as a seminal contribution to the literature in this realm. My only disappointment relating to this book is that I didn't manage to write it myself!

The most comprehensive, non-ideological, and accessible introduction to the subject of state crime to date, providing both breadth and depth. Written by one of the most well known experts in the field.

About the Author

Dawn L. Rothe is assistant professor of criminology at Old Dominion University.