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1
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what do Green and Ward (2005) describe state crime as?

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illegal or deviant activities perpetrated by, or with the complicity of, state agencies

2
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what are the four categories of state crime that McLaughlin (2001) identified?

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political crimes

crimes by security and police forces

economic crimes

social and cultural crimes

3
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what are natural rights?

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Because people are alive they have the right to life, liberty, and free speech

4
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what are civil rights?

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The right to vote, a fair trial, privacy, education etc. These rights are based on being a citizen of a particular country

5
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What is the official secrets act?

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An act that restricts media in the UK. The government can prevent the media from publishing information that may in principle cause a threat to national security

6
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what are citizen journalists?

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People who use their mobile phones to record and upload human rights abuses by the military etc.

7
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What type of criminologists argue that state crime should be anything that goes against basic human rights?

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critical criminologists

8
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What type of criminologists argue that state crime should be anything that breaks a law?

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Traditional criminologists

9
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What is the spiral of state denial?

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when democracies try to justify their actions and in doing so creates a spiral of state denial which consists of three stages

10
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What are the three stages of the spiral of state denial?

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Claiming it didn’t happen

Claiming that it’s not what it seems

Claiming it’s justified

11
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What are crimes of obedience?

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state crimes often occur when the behaviour of the state is seen as acceptable or required.

12
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What three things have to happen in order for crimes of obedience to occur?

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Authorisation

Routinisation

Dehumanisation

13
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Who came up with the idea of crimes of obedience?

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Kelman & Hamilton