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Political Crime

Political Crime. Defining Political Crime. Barkan, “...any illegal or socially injurious act aimed at preserving or changing the existing political and social order”’ Crimes of the Government Crimes against the Government. Crimes by the Government. Genocide Nazis

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Political Crime

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  1. Political Crime

  2. Defining Political Crime • Barkan, “...any illegal or socially injurious act aimed at preserving or changing the existing political and social order”’ • Crimes of the Government • Crimes against the Government

  3. Crimes by the Government • Genocide • Nazis • Cambodia (Khmer Rouge/Pol Pot, 1970s) • Bosnia-Herzegovina (1992) • Torture/Assassination • Widespread, but short of genocide (Russia Under Stalin) • In United States?

  4. Crimes By Government II • Surveillance/Infiltration • COINTELPRO (1950s-1970s) • The “Patriot Act” (October, 2001) • Legal Repression • Show trials, Imprisoning dissidents • U.S.? • Labor Radicals • The Palmer Raids • Communists (McCarthy)

  5. Crimes by Government III • Illegal Experiments • Tuskegee experiment • Nazi experiments • State-Corporate Crime • Challenger explosion • Political Corruption • Teapot Dome, Watergate, Iran-Contra…

  6. Crimes Against the Government • Mass Political Violence • Rebellion & Riots • Political Assassinations

  7. Crimes Against the Government II • Civil Disobedience • Direct vs. Indirect • Socrates, St. Thomas Aquinas, U.S. Quakers, Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, MLK’s “Letter from Birmingham City Jail.” • Current U.S.? • Espionage/Treason

  8. Terrorism—A Typology • Vigilante Terrorism • Insurgent Terrorism • Transnational Terrorism • State Terrorism • How to Combat Terrorism?

  9. Explaining Political Crime • Political Crime as heterogeneous • Much P.C. revolves around Power • Totalitarian vs. Democratic governments

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