SOCI 3810 Chapter : SOCI 3810 Crime and the International.doc
9 Mar 2012
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As cohen argues in the reading by carrabine et al. , state agents are actually the violators of the legal rights of citizens. As such, it seems most obvious that human rights violations and state crimes go hand-in- hand. Criminologists have drawn connections between state crime and human rights as they have pointed out the state"s monopoly on the use of force are problematic. For one, military/police can legitimately use force where it is done so in the public"s interest and sanctioned by the state. Second, the highly contested and ideologically constructed definition of what legitimate violence means. In relation to violence, torture is employed in aims of protecting the state. However, much of the use of violence and torture are blatant acts that infringe the rights of individuals. Many have questioned the morality of torture and whether it serves any beneficial function at all.
