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There is a form of crime that has heretofore escaped criminological inquiry, yet its persistence and omnipresence raise theoretical and methodological issues crucial to the development of criminology as a science. I am referring to what I call “state-organized crime.”
Portions of this paper are based on William J. Chambliss, Exploring Criminology (New York: Macmillan, 1988).
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Chambliss, W.J. (1995). State-Organized Crime—The American Society of Criminology, 1988 Presidential Address. In: McCord, J., Laub, J.H. (eds) Contemporary Masters in Criminology. The Plenum Series in Crime and Justice. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9829-6_3
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