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State crime summary Paragraph
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- Criminology
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- WJEC
A summary paragraph for criminology AC1.1 BTEC WJEC
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State crime paragraphState crimes are committed by or on behalf of states and government in
order to further their policies. There are many times of state crimes such
as genocide, war crime, torture and imprisonment without trail. The
typical type of offender of state crimes are the state/the government,
high ranking officials within the government and law enforcement
agencies working for the government example- the CIA. The typical type
of victims of state crimes are citizens of a country and those who oppose
the group in authority/the government. The level of public awareness for
state crimes is quite high around the world as it is very reported on
worldwide by the media, although the level of public awareness for state
crimes are very low in the country that it is happening in as the
government controls the media so the citizens of that country are not
aware of what are going on. A real-life example of state crime is the
Khmer Rouge, this was a genocide. The Khmer Rouge was led by a
communist leader and the communist party Kampuchea. There were
deaths ranging with 1.5 million to 2 million people. The motives of the
Khmer Rouge were Khmer ethnonationalism which was a form of
nationalism in Cambodia. Another motive was anti-intellectualism which
meant holding a hostility against and having a mistrust for people of
intellect, they were trying to get rid of all intellectual people in
Cambodia. Another motive of the Khmer Rouge was xenophobia, which
means having a dislike or prejudice against people from other countries.
Another motive of the Khmer Rouge is ‘Year Zero’ this was made by Pol
Pot, this meant that all culture and traditions within a society must be
destroyed or discarded. Another motive for the Khmer Rouge was racism
which is prejudice based on some one’s community or ethnic group. Pol
Pots wanted to take Cambodia back to the Middle Ages, he abolished
money, emptied cities/private properties and religion. State crime is
criminal but can be seen as deviant by the international community.
However, state crime may not be considered criminal in the country in
which they are happening.
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