Crime and power / Pamela Davies, Tanya Wyatt.

This book makes a concerted effort to expose crimes committed by those wielding unfettered personal power, and crimes by corporations, business and states, crimes against human and non-human species and the environment. Wyatt and Davies explore an increasingly complex interplay of issues which surel...

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Main Authors: Davies, Pamela, 1962- (Author), Wyatt, Tanya (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. What is power and who are the powerful?
  • 3. Invisibility
  • Part I: Individual Characteristics and their Power Dynamics
  • 4. Class, Status and Elites
  • 5. Race and Ethnicity
  • 6. Religion and Culture
  • 7. Age
  • 8. Gender
  • Part II: The Power of Groups and the Doing of Crime
  • 9. Corporations
  • 10. Organised Crime
  • 11. States
  • 12. Militias and Insurgents
  • 13. Crimes of the Powerful Conclusion.