In search of ‘state and crime’ in state crime studies

Raymond Michalowski

doi:10.4324/9781843927051-11

In search of ‘state and crime’ in state crime studies

Raymond Michalowski

Criminology and Criminal Justice

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For most orthodox criminologists the operative meaning of the word ‘crime’ is relatively straightforward: crime is murder, rape, robbery, burglary, theft, drug offenses and maybe fraud. While most criminologists might subscribe to a somewhat broader definition of crime as ‘an act in violation of law’, in practice few offenses appear in the criminological literature other than routine street crimes.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	State Crime in the Global Age
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	13-30
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9781134025558
ISBN (Print)	9781843927037
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781843927051-11
State	Published - Jan 1 2013

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