The crimes of the powerful: between force and consensus
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Ruggiero, V. 2021. The crimes of the powerful: between force and consensus. Social Sciences. 10 (2), pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10020051
Type | Article |
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Title | The crimes of the powerful: between force and consensus |
Authors | Ruggiero, V. |
Abstract | Power entails the ability to act and overcome the obstacles erected by those who are subject to it. It also entails the capacity to make one’s crimes acceptable, while formulating criminal imputations against others. The crimes of the powerful, in this contribution, are examined through the lenses of a number of intertwined variables: coercion, legitimacy, violence, secrecy, consensus, and hegemony. Ostentation, imitation, and admiration are also considered as components of these types of crimes and the feelings they elicit. While the controversies surrounding legal responses to the crimes of the powerful are discussed, the efficacy of concerted action against them is optimistically invoked. |
Keywords | coercion, legitimacy, secrecy, consensus |
Research Group | Centre for Criminological and Social Research (CSRC) |
Publisher | MDPI AG |
Journal | Social Sciences |
ISSN | 2076-0760 |
Electronic | 2076-0760 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 01 Feb 2021 |
01 Feb 2021 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 11 Feb 2021 |
Accepted | 27 Jan 2021 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | License |
Copyright Statement | Copyright: © 2021 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10020051 |
Language | English |
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