Political Crime

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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

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Crimes by the Government

• Genocide
• Torture/Assassination
• Surveillance/Infiltration
• Legal Repression
• Illegal Experiments
• State-Corporate Crime
• Political Corruption

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Crimes Against the Government

• Mass Political Violence
• Rebellion
• Riots
• Terrorism
• Assassinations
• Civil Disobedience
• Espionage/Treason

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Explaining Political Crime

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