State Crimes Against Democracy: A Clarification of Connotations

John Dixon, Scott Spehr and John Burke

Chapter 1 in State Crimes Against Democracy, 2013, pp 10-26 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract State crimes against democracy (SCADs) (deHaven-Smith, 2006), embracing economic state crimes against democracy (E-SCADs) (Johnston et al., 2010a, 2010b), have been defined by deHaven-Smith (2010) as concerted actions … by government insiders intended to manipulate democratic processes and undermine popular sovereignty [with] potential to subvert political institutions and entire governments.… [They] are high crimes that attack democracy itself. (p. 795, emphasis added)

Keywords: Democratic Society; State Crime; Criminal Process; Coercive Power; Conspiracy Theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137286987_2

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