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United Kingdom Government Sanctioned Sales to Saudi Arabia as a Crime of the Powerful. |
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Cover -- Front Matter -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Chapters Int-con -- Introduction -- Book Outline -- Contemporary Associations -- Definitions -- Corporate Crime -- White- Collar Crime -- Professional Crime and Professional Criminals -- Social Harm -- References -- Chapter One Disasters in Aberfan and Grenfell -- Aberfan: An Act of God or Corporate Criminality? -- Introduction -- Aberfan: An Example of NCB Negligence -- Corporate Crime and Further Elaboration |
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Aberfan as a Corporate Crime -- Social Harm -- A Final Word -- The Grenfell Tower Fire: A Tragedy of Negligence -- A Contextual Introduction -- The Grenfell Tower Disaster: An Economic State Crime? -- Housing and Inequality as a Contributing Factor to the Grenfell Tower Tragedy -- Social Harm -- Failures Leading up to the Tragedy -- Failures during the Grenfell Tower Fire -- Failures in the Aftermath of the Disaster -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter Two Medico: Big Pharma and the Flint Water Crisis |
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The Crisis of Criminal Big Pharma: Turing and Valeant Pharmaceuticals' Drug Pricing Strategies, the Wider American Pharmaceutical Industry and Implications for Global Health -- Context -- Defining Corporate Crime -- The Case of Turing and Valeant Pharmaceuticals and the Pricing Strategies of Big Pharma -- Implications for the United States and Global Health -- Deception, Criminality, Responsibility: Research and Development of New Drugs -- Concluding Observations -- The Flint Water Crisis: A Case of Environmental State-Agency Crime, Capitalist (Im)morality and Resistance |
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Contextual Introduction -- Criminal Charges and Beyond -- Capitalist Immorality? -- Environmental State-Agency Crime and the Immoral State -- Social Harm and Resistance -- In Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Three Genocide: The Rohingya and Forced Sterilisation of Women of Colour in the United States -- State Crime in Myanmar: The Abuse of the Rohingya -- Introduction -- Context -- Defining the 'Crime' -- Social Harm -- Actors Involved -- Criminological Analysis -- Investigations -- A Final Warning |
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The Coercive Sterilisation of American Women of Colour: Genocidal Capacity and the Welfare State -- Introductory Remarks -- The Case and Crime -- Genocidal Capacity and Language as a Catalyst for Criminality -- Tracking Race and Gender in Criminological Theory -- Using Social Harm Theory to Locate Responsibility and Accountability -- Conclusion: The Legacy of Sterilisation Abuse -- References -- Chapter Four State Crime, Corporate Crime and Organised Crime in the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and the Congo |
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9781785279898 electronic book |
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1785279890 electronic book |
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9781785279881 electronic book |
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1785279882 electronic book |
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1785279874 |
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9781785279874 |
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