What is state crime? This book defines the parameters of state crime in all its forms and highlights the complex issues involved. Breaking the topic down, the authors provide a clear chapter-by -chapter assessment of state violence, corruption, transnational crime, state involvement in corporate crime, in avoidable 'natural' disasters, torture and illegal punishment, criminal policing, war crimes and genocide.Penny Green and Tony Ward put forward a lively debate drawing from a range of disciplines including law and criminology, human rights, international relations and political science. They develop a theoretical approach to understanding the boundaries of state crime, particularly in relation to concepts of deviance and human rights. Making distinctive use of original research and using a variety of international case-studies, this compelling book offers a fresh and sophisticated approach to this controversial and difficult subject.