The Marginalization of State Crime in Introductory Textbooks on Criminology

Bibliographic Data

ID2369752
AuthorsDawn L Rothe (0000-0002-4897-5910, Old Dominion University, Virginia, USA,), Jeffrey Ian Ro (0000-0001-8102-014X, University of Baltimore), Jeffrey Ian Ross (University of Baltimore)
Year2008
Volume34
Issue5
Pages741-752
Publication date2008-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0896920508093366
OpenAlexW3123688795
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited9

This article reviews how introductory textbooks on criminology, geared toward the American market, have disproportionately ignored the subject matter of state crime. The authors present both qualitative and quantitative empirical evidence of coverage given to crimes of the state from leading introductory textbooks, and then pose several questions for future research that could provide answers as to why this is the case. Ross and Rothe then contacted the authors of these books to request feedback on their decision-making processes used for content inclusion and/or exclusion; specifically why their texts offered only limited coverage on state crime. The authors conclude that market dynamics, coupled with professional intransigence, has contributed to this state of affairs

Criminology · Inclusion–exclusion principle · Pedagogy · Political science · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Subject matter · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses