The Criminalization of States
Title | The Criminalization of States PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan D. Rosen |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 391 |
Release | 2019-05-23 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1498593011 |
This volume examines the relationship between states and organized crime. It seeks to add to the theoretical literature for analyzing the criminalization of the state. The volume also explores the nature of organized crime in countries throughout the Americas from Central America to the Southern Cone.
Congress and Crime
Title | Congress and Crime PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph F. Zimmerman |
Publisher | Lexington Books |
Total Pages | 177 |
Release | 2014-08-06 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0739198076 |
Congress in the latter part of the nineteenth century decided to enact a series of statutes facilitating state enforcement of their respective criminal laws. Subsequently, Congress enacted statutes federalizing what had been solely state crimes, thereby establishing federal court and state court concurrent jurisdiction over these crimes. Federalization of state crimes has been criticized by numerous scholars, U.S. Supreme Court justices, and national organizations. Such federalization has congested the calendars of the U.S. District Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals leading to delays in civil cases because of the Speedy TrialAct that vacates a criminal indictment if a trial is not commenced within a specific number of days, resulted in over-crowded U.S. penitentiaries, and raises the issue of double jeopardy that is prohibited by the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the constitution of each state. This book examines the impact of federalization of state crime and draws conclusions regarding its desirability. It also offers recommendations directed to Congress and the President, one recommendation direct to state legislatures for remedial actions to reduce the undesirable effects of federalized state crimes, and one recommendation that Congress and all states enter into a federal-interstate criminal suppression compact.
The Criminalization of the State in Africa
Title | The Criminalization of the State in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Jean-Fran= Bayart (LPcois) |
Publisher | James Currey |
Total Pages | 152 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Africa, Sub-Saharan |
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This text examines the growth of fraud and smuggling in African states, the plundering of natural resources, the privatization of state institutions, the development of an economy of plunder and the growth of private armies. It suggests that the state itself is becoming a vehicle for organized criminal activity.
State Crime and Resistance
Title | State Crime and Resistance PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Stanley |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 253 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0415691931 |
This text recognizes that crimes of the state are far more serious and harmful than crimes committed by individuals, and considers how such crimes may be contested, prevented, challenged or stopped.
Go Directly to Jail
Title | Go Directly to Jail PDF eBook |
Author | Gene Healy |
Publisher | Cato Institute |
Total Pages | 200 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9781930865631 |
The American criminal justice system is becoming ever more centralized and punitive, owing to rampant federalization and mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines. Go Directly to Jail examines these alarming trends and proposes reforms that could rein in a criminal justice apparatus at war with fairness and common sense.
Criminal-States and Criminal-Soldiers
Title | Criminal-States and Criminal-Soldiers PDF eBook |
Author | Robert J. Bunker |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 444 |
Release | 2014-05-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1317999320 |
The United States and her allies have found themselves plunged into ‘a war over [humanity’s] future social and political organization’ with criminal challengers to the nation-state form. These new wars are currently being fought globally with Al Qaeda, in Iraq with shifting coalitions of criminal gangs, insurgents, and Jihadi groups and throughout the Americas with the Maras (the first group of 3rd GEN Gangs to emerge). More new wars are poised to develop and the on-going ones are far from over, with more attacks upon the homelands of the US and her allies expected. This cutting edge book looks initially at the theoretical and legal side of criminal-state and criminal-soldier emergence and growth, before focusing on criminal-states and criminal-soldiers themselves, with particular attention paid to Al Qaeda, Hizballah, Mara Salvatrucha (MS 13), Caliphate and Mahdi concerns, Islamic Fundamentalist Use of Beheadings, Criminalization of Russian State Security, Nuclear Materials Trafficking, and Outlaw Private Security Firms. With the contributions from international experts, this book makes for critical reading for political scientists and criminal justice students and researchers, policy makers, and military and law enforcement practitioners. This book was previously published as a special issue of Global Crime.
Policing the National Body
Title | Policing the National Body PDF eBook |
Author | Jael Silliman |
Publisher | South End Press |
Total Pages | 390 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Crime and race |
ISBN | 9780896086609 |
This anthology explores the ways in which women of color are monitored, criminalized and regulated.