Claudia Radiven - Crimes of States and Powerful Elites: A Collection of Case Studies

Crimes of States and Powerful Elites

Crimes of States and Powerful Elites

A Collection of Case Studies

Edited and Co-written by

Claudia Radiven and Simon Prideaux

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2021939403

ISBN-13: 978-1-78527-987-4 (Hbk)

ISBN-10: 1-78527-987-4 (Hbk)

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For their unwavering love and support, this book is dedicated to Alex and Colin Radiven. Also, a dedication is due to the Prideaux grandchildren, Leon, Hugo and Cillian, for being the grandchildren that they are.

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Jessica Gaskell

Nicole Mellor

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Lena Hope Andersen, Claudia Radiven and Simon Prideaux

Sandra S. Chachulska

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Meenakshi Parmar

Anna Jarrett Rawlence

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Oliver Stephens

Claudia Radiven and Simon Prideaux with Samantha Elsender

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Mary OBrien, Claudia Radiven and Simon Prideaux

Claudia Radiven and Simon Prideaux with Marie Rau

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Claudia Radiven and Simon Prideaux with Chelsea Majoor

Tera Meschino, Claudia Radiven and Simon Prideaux

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Alice Coventry

Gina Donohoe

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To begin with, we wish to thank Mark Monaghan and Katy Wright for their unswerving support for this book. Mark also deserves a special thank you for co-creating the State Crime and the Immorality of the Powerful module at the University of Leeds. So too does Katy for her teaching, tireless effort and input into the module. Indeed, we are especially grateful for Katys suggestion that the work produced on the module should be published.

A big thank you is also due to all the students who have assiduously worked on the module (over numerous years) to make it a standard bearer for the School of Sociology and Social Policy at Leeds. By the same token, the contributors to this collection deserve to be acknowledged and thanked.

Lena Hope Andersen is a PhD researcher in biosocial science, funded by the SOC-B Centre for Doctoral Training (ESRC and BBSRC). She is studying at the University of Manchester in the Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research. Her thesis title is Precarity and Allostatic Load: The Influence of Multiple Material-Need Insecurities on Physiological Disparities, a Person-Centred Analysis of English Residents in Later Life. Lena studied on a bachelor of arts degree in sociology at the University of Leeds and, subsequently, a masters degree in social research methods and statistics at the University of Manchester. Her broader research focuses on how economic insecurity, stigma and discrimination can get under the skin of an individual over the life course and, as a consequence, have negative physiological implications.

Sandra S. Chachulska graduated from the University of Leeds in 2019 with a first-class bachelor of arts degree in sociology. While at the university, she focused many of her studies on the intersectionality of race and gender, but she also focused on the influence of both these aspects in her studies of criminology. She also committed much of her research to understanding the dynamics of urban societies. Her work on the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, is thus a reflection of her varied research interests.

Alice Coventry focused her Level-3 work at the University of Leeds on the institution of Yarls Wood and the harmful practices that took place therein. Specifically, the focus was upon offences enacted against women from minority groups. Since leaving Leeds, Alice has been working at the international NGO, Lumos Foundation. J. K. Rowling co-founded the Childrens High Level Group (CHLG) with Baroness Emma Nicholson MEP. CHLG became Lumos, and it is dedicated to working towards ending the systematic institutionalisation of children worldwide. Lumos seeks to end the harm of institutionalisation and to help reunite children who have been institutionalised in orphanages across the globe with their family.

Gina Donohoe studied for a BA (Hons) in sociology at the University of Leeds and achieved a first-class degree in 2016. As well as a strong interest in social policy, Gina had a particular fascination with cultural sociology. Specifically, on how taste can be used as a form of capital. For her dissertation, she explored the social function of musical taste at the university. How and why students change their cultural consumption patterns when starting university and what effect this has on their social status, experiences and relationships were prominent questions answered. As a result, she was awarded the Pawson Prize for innovation for her work. Currently, she is still living and working in Leeds as a digital manager at Rising Digital and deals with artists, record labels and brands within the music industry.

Samantha Elsender graduated from the University of Leeds in 2018 with a bachelor of arts degree in social policy with enterprise. Throughout her studies on the program, her research interests reflected a keen eye for the various ways in which business and social sciences can intersect. Currently, she is the business manager of a food and beverage company in Bristol.

Jessica Gaskell studied politics and social policy at the University of Leeds. Many of the modules she chose focused on the National Health System (NHS) and the Welfare State. This included her dissertation, which was on the inclusion of the third sector in the provision of NHS services in the UK. This, alongside an internship at Leeds Mind, drew Jessica towards a career in the NHS. Since graduating in 2017, she has worked within the NHS where she is currently employed as the deputy operations manager of the largest, single-site, GP practice in Suffolk.

Anna Jarrett Rawlence graduated from the University of Leeds and moved to London to channel her passion for race and gender theory into a masters in gender studies and law at SOAS. The inequality that drives the voice of her State Crime and Immorality submission is a dominant factor in her current studies that focus on armed conflict and peace. In an attempt to bring theory to practice, Anna also works part-time for the international development charity World Vision in the policy, advocacy and campaigns team. As a prominent advocate, World Vision works to end violence against the worlds most vulnerable children.

Chelsea Majoor left Leeds to complete her bachelor of psychology and criminology degree and a BA (Hons) in criminology. Specifically, she focused on indigenous issues. She is currently enrolled in a masters in public policy at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, where she completed her BA. She continues to pursue her interest in indigenous issues by focusing on policies that specifically pertain to these communities.