Explaining state crime in the context of postmodern criminology; From criminal normalization to government norm-breaking

Subject Areas : International Legal Research

sirous imani ¹ , mehrdad rayrjiyan asli ^{2 *} , qasem mohamadi ³

1 - PhD student in Criminal Law and Criminology, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran.
2 - Faculty member, Law Department, Research Institute for Humanities Research and Development: SAMT(Author)
3 - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2020-11-08 Accepted : 2021-02-23 Published : 2021-02-19

Keywords: Discourse, Ideology, Power, state crime, Criminal normalization, Postmodern criminology, Construction of crime,

Abstract :

The concealment and justification of harmful actions and decisions of governments and statesmen in the shadow of their power on the one hand and the neglect of the modern criminal justice system and criminology to properly explain and recognize it as a crime on the other hand, is an issue that can not be Ignored in the field of criminology and criminal law. Based on the studies and findings of the article, it is impossible to explain and analyze government crime through current and modern criminological theories and approaches, but to show and explain the relationship between crime equation and normative power and then how to hide governments and denial. It is not possible for them to become super-criminals except through a critical attitude and beyond the dominance of current criminology and the foundation government. Therefore, the present article, based on critical theory and postmodern approach - as one of the contemporary critical approaches - to explain and analyze state crime in the field of criminology and criminal law and identify it as a crime and severe harm.