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Argues that historians have justified, trivialized, & falsified crime & violence perpetrated by Empires, including genocide, torture, kidnapping, & assassinations. The introduction of laws to control state violence & protect human rights was an important step; however, "the power of these laws has always been overshadowed by the power of Empires." It is contended that the US engages in a form of exceptionalism & has granted itself the right to intervene against the sovereignty of other states & to reject international laws/norms. President George W. Bush created a "state of exception" in which political decisions are allowed to go against domestic or international laws as an "extension of emergency powers." Ways in which the US adheres to the logic of empire are pointed out, along with the recent increase in researching crimes of states; difficulties involved in attempting to control crimes of the US Empire; & resistance by citizen groups, international organizations, & opposition governments. The potential for the United Nations to bring together less powerful members to challenge the US is discussed.

This paper describes how the forces of the United States Empire are key elements in describing the most recent process of globalization. Empires have always been the key actors in the waves of globalization throughout history. The Empire of the United States of America is not an exception to this history. Military, economic, cultural, and political integration and control from an imperial center are key elements in understanding the forces of globalization in the past and today. This paper describes these forces of globalization as they pertain to the largest and most powerful empire in world history.

Violence, Inequality, and Human Freedom is a sociological introduction to the study of violence that looks at violence on three different levels-structural, institutional, and interpersonal. The third edition is updated throughout, including a new chapter on educational violence and revised sections on economic and international violence

Current media and political discourse on crime has long ignored crimes committed by States themselves, despite their greater financial and human toll. For the past two decades, scholars have examined how and why States violate their own laws and international law and explored what can be done to reduce or prevent these injustices. Through a collection of essays by leading scholars in the field, State Crime offers a set of cases exemplifying state criminality along with various methods for controlling governmental transgressions. With topics ranging from crimes of aggression to nuclear weapons to the construction and implementation of social controls, this volume is an indispensable resource for those who examine the behavior of States and those who study crime in its varied forms