1. Terrorism and the Violence of the State: Working Papers in European Criminology, No. 1 (Book).
- Author
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Christopher, Susan
- Subjects
TERRORISM ,CRIMINOLOGY ,WORKING papers ,SOCIAL control ,OPPRESSION - Abstract
This article focuses on the book "Terrorism and the Violence of the State: Working Papers in European Criminology," which is a volume of collected papers by the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control. The book has a dual objective, to present a declaration in support of the German professors involved in the "Buback Obituary" affair with a promise of international solidarity in the struggle for academic freedom and to provide the scholarly foundation upon which a rational discussion of the nature of State power and State political oppression might be erected. These papers offer a varied discourse on implications and repercussions of the abuse of institutionalized power and authority. "Buback Obituary" affair is related to the political and judicial consequences of the publication of an article entitled "Buback-An Obituary," by G&omul;ttingen University student newspaper. This article was about the murder of West German Attorney General Buback. As a set of working papers, the book sets its own terms, that of an ongoing discussion of a specific historical event and its consequence and succeeds admirably.
- Published
- 1980