Sociology 3361F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Domino Theory, Defoliant, Neoconservatism
23 Mar 2020
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November 2000 us presidential election: supreme court determines ballots in florida, george w. bush deemed victor. Step 11, 2001 world trade center attack. Neo-conservatism world view: oil politics in the background. Monroe doctrine (sphere of influence over central and south america) Liberation of philippines, cuba, hawaii, dominican republic, puerto rico from. American intervention as part of anti-communist domino theory: keep markets open to us interests. 10 million gallons of defoliants dropped on south vietnam. The most important type of criminality organized by the state consists of acts defined by law as criminal and committed by state officials int he pursuit of their job as representatives of the state. william chambliss (1988) Domestic criminal (legal) definition: states rarely define themselves as criminal. Does not address activities outside penal law: social harm criteria. Violations of international law = state crime. Grew out of tribunal in germany, 1945. Alleges that innocent human life must be protected during times of war.
