States of violence and the civilising process: on criminology and state crime

Preface -- Contents -- 1: Introduction -- The Questions Outlined: Crimes of the State and Criminology -- State-Sponsored Homicide -- State-Sponsored Crimes of Violence -- Economic Crimes of the State -- State Crimes of Abuse -- Environmental Crimes and Crimes of Omission -- The Problem of Criminology -- How Have Criminologists Dealt with Crimes of the State? -- The State as Civilizing Agent? -- How Should We Make Sense of State Crime? -- Why and How Do States Commit Crime? -- How Do States Persuade Ordinary People to Do Their Dirty Work? -- Structure of the Book -- References