Understanding Political Violence: A Criminological Approach

• Author(s): Ruggiero, Vincenzo,
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
• Pages: 220
• ISBN_10: 0335217516
  ISBN_13: 9780335217519
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Violence in Society ,

Description:... This book introduces political violence in the context of sociological and criminological debates. The author distinguishes between political violence from below, for example collective violence, insurgency, armed struggle and terrorism; and political violence from above, which includes indiscriminate repression, institutional and state violence, torture and war.