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17. März 2021 · Political offenses include crimes against the state (e.g., insurrection, terrorism, sedition) and by the state (i.e., illegal or unethical acts by political figures). More common forms include bribery, ethical misconduct, election manipulations, graft, nepotism, looting, and misuse of financial resources.
- Mary Dodge, Henry N. Pontell
- 2021
16. Sept. 2022 · This editorial introduces a collection of articles that explore the complex and varied relationships between crime, politics and insecurity in different contexts and times. It traces the historical and theoretical developments of this research area and highlights the challenges and opportunities for future studies.
11. Aug. 2020 · Using criminological concepts such as the idea of a “criminal career” and sociological concepts such as the life course, this article assesses the outcome of macro-level economic policies on individuals’ engagement in crime. Few studies in political science, sociology, or criminology directly link macroeconomic policies to ...
- Stephen Farrall, Emily Gray, Phillip Mike Jones
- 2020
In criminology, a political crime or political offence is an offence that prejudices the interests of the state or its government. [1] . States may criminalise any behaviour perceived as a threat, real or imagined, to the state's survival, including both violent and non-violent opposition.
27. Juli 2018 · The links between criminal organizations and politics, together with the systematic use of violence against political opponents, are widespread around the world. In the 1980s and 1990s the Medellin cartel of Pablo Escobar waged a systematic campaign of violence and intimidation against national-level politicians to block the ...
- Alberto Francesco Alesina, Salvatore Piccolo, Paolo Pinotti
- 2019
There have been many instances of political corruption and state crime throughout history, with impacts that range from economic damage to physical injury to death—sometimes on a massive scale (e.g., economic recession, pollution/poisoning, genocide).
Recent alterations to violent groups in the United States and to the composition of the two main political parties have created a latent force for violence that can be 1) triggered by a variety of social events that touch on a number of interrelated identities; or 2) purposefully ignited for partisan political purposes.
