Title Crimes of States and Powerful Elites : A Collection of Case Studies

Published London : Anthem Press, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (238 p.) Contents Cover -- Front Matter -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Chapters Int-con -- Introduction -- Book Outline -- Contemporary Associations -- Definitions -- Corporate Crime -- White- Collar Crime -- Professional Crime and Professional Criminals -- Social Harm -- References -- Chapter One Disasters in Aberfan and Grenfell -- Aberfan: An Act of God or Corporate Criminality? -- Introduction -- Aberfan: An Example of NCB Negligence -- Corporate Crime and Further Elaboration Aberfan as a Corporate Crime -- Social Harm -- A Final Word -- The Grenfell Tower Fire: A Tragedy of Negligence -- A Contextual Introduction -- The Grenfell Tower Disaster: An Economic State Crime? -- Housing and Inequality as a Contributing Factor to the Grenfell Tower Tragedy -- Social Harm -- Failures Leading up to the Tragedy -- Failures during the Grenfell Tower Fire -- Failures in the Aftermath of the Disaster -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter Two Medico: Big Pharma and the Flint Water Crisis The Crisis of Criminal Big Pharma: Turing and Valeant Pharmaceuticals' Drug Pricing Strategies, the Wider American Pharmaceutical Industry and Implications for Global Health -- Context -- Defining Corporate Crime -- The Case of Turing and Valeant Pharmaceuticals and the Pricing Strategies of Big Pharma -- Implications for the United States and Global Health -- Deception, Criminality, Responsibility: Research and Development of New Drugs -- Concluding Observations -- The Flint Water Crisis: A Case of Environmental State-Agency Crime, Capitalist (Im)morality and Resistance Contextual Introduction -- Criminal Charges and Beyond -- Capitalist Immorality? -- Environmental State-Agency Crime and the Immoral State -- Social Harm and Resistance -- In Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Three Genocide: The Rohingya and Forced Sterilisation of Women of Colour in the United States -- State Crime in Myanmar: The Abuse of the Rohingya -- Introduction -- Context -- Defining the 'Crime' -- Social Harm -- Actors Involved -- Criminological Analysis -- Investigations -- A Final Warning The Coercive Sterilisation of American Women of Colour: Genocidal Capacity and the Welfare State -- Introductory Remarks -- The Case and Crime -- Genocidal Capacity and Language as a Catalyst for Criminality -- Tracking Race and Gender in Criminological Theory -- Using Social Harm Theory to Locate Responsibility and Accountability -- Conclusion: The Legacy of Sterilisation Abuse -- References -- Chapter Four State Crime, Corporate Crime and Organised Crime in the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and the Congo 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 Notes Description based upon print version of record United Kingdom Government Sanctioned Sales to Saudi Arabia as a Crime of the Powerful Subject State crimes -- Case studies Corporate culture -- Case studies Criminal investigation -- Case studies SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology Corporate culture Criminal investigation State crimes Genre/Form Case studies Form Electronic book Author Prideaux, Simon ISBN 9781785279898 1785279890 9781785279881 1785279882

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