Towards a victimology of state crime / edited by Dawn L. Rothe and David Kauzlarich.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. I State crimes, harms, and victimizations -- 1.A victimology of state crime / David Kauzlarich -- 2.The victimization of street children in Brazil / Fernanda Fonseca Rosenblatt -- 3.Accumulating atrocities: capital, state killing and the cultural life of the dead / Travis Linnemann -- 4.The victimization of children in state-run homes in New Zealand / Elizabeth Stanley -- 5.Somali pirates: victims or perpetrators or both? / Victoria Ellen Collins -- 6.Victimizing the undocumented: immigration policy and border enforcement as state crime / Lisa Hardy -- 7.'Death flies down': the bombing of civilians and the paradox of international law / Amanda Marie Smith -- 8.State crime and the re-victimization of displaced populations: the case of Haiti / Victoria Ellen Collins -- 9.Victimisation during and after war: empirical findings from Bosnia / Elmar G.M. Weitekamp -- pt. II Responses to state crime victimization --

Contents note continued: 10.European Court of Human Rights: accountability to whom? / Isabel Schoultz -- 11.The victims of the Colombian conflict and restorative justice / Isabella Bueno -- 12.Institutional and structural victimisation: apartheid South Africa / Robert Peacock -- 13.Controlling state crime and the possibility of creating more victims / Peter Grabosky -- 14.Can an international criminal justice system address victims' needs? / Dawn L. Rothe.

Millions of people have been victimized by the actions and omissions of states and governments. This collection provides expert analyses of such victimizations across the world, from Europe, the United States, and Africa to New Zealand and South America.