Published by State University of New York Press, Albany © 1991 State University of New York Alll rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N- Y., 12246 Production by M. R. Mulholland Marketing Dana E. Yanulavich Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Crimes by the capitalist state: an introduction to state criminality Jedited by Gregg Barak. p._ cm.—(SUNY series in r. ) I social and political Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-0584-2 (alk. paper). —ISBN 0-7914-0585-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Criminology. 2. Corruption (in politics) I. Barak, Gregg. Il. Series. HY6030.C744_ 1991 364.1'32—de20 90-9889 cPContents Preface Part I: Prologue Toward a Criminology of State Criminality Gregg Barak Part II: Classical Forms of State Crime Overview 1. Passion and Policy: Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in Australia 1980-1989 Kayleen M. Hazlehurst 2. Subcultures as Crime: The Theft of Legitimacy of Dissent in the United States Susan L. Caulfield Part III: On the Dialectical Nature of State Crimes Overview 3. The War on Drugs: Nothing Succeeds Like Failure Christina Jacqueline Johns and Jose Maria Borrero N. 4. Multi-Tiered Terrorism in Peru R. S. Ratner 5. Piracy, Air Piracy, and Recurrent U.S. and Israeli Civilian Aircraft Interceptions Daniel E. Georges-Abeyie 6. The Abandoned Ones: A History of the Oakdale and Atlanta Prison Riots Mark S. Hamm Part IV: Crimes of State Omission Overview 7. Old Wine, New Bottles, and Fancy Labels: The Rediscovery of Organizational Culture in the Control of Intelligence A. Stuart Farson 8. When the State Fails: A Critical Assessment of Contract Policing in the United States John Wildeman 19 21 49 65 67 101 129 145 183 185 219