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Mar 1, 2017 · I argue that a colonial criminology perspective assists in identifying power distinctions that construct notions of difference, thus providing a more nuanced understanding of crime, violence, and criminalization as a response to oppression and alienation.
- Sanna King
- 01 March 2017
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Viewing colonialism as a crime is not simply about recognising that the land was stolen and the original inhabitants harmed; it is about law’s power to define who is to be considered a worthy victim (Christie, 1986), and who can get away with murder.
- Colonialism Definition
- Imperialism vs. Colonialism
- History of Colonialism
- Types of Colonialism
- Does Colonialism Exist Today?
- Sources and Reference
In essence, colonialism is an act of political and economic domination involving the control of a country and its people by settlers from a foreign power. In most cases, the goal of the colonizing countries is to profit by exploiting the human and economic resources of the countries they colonized. In the process, the colonizers—sometimes forcibly—...
While the two terms are often used interchangeably, colonialism and imperialismhave slightly different meanings. While colonialism is the physical act of dominating another country, imperialism is the political ideology that drives that act. In other words, colonialism can be thought of as a tool of imperialism. Imperialism and colonialism both imp...
The practice of colonialism dates to around 1550 BCE when Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Ancient Egypt, and Phoeniciabegan extending their control into adjacent and non-contiguous territories. Using their superior military power, these ancient civilizations established colonies that used the skills and resources of the people they conquered, expandi...
Colonialism is generally classified into one of five overlapping types according to the practice’s particular goals and consequences on the subjugated territory and its indigenous peoples. These are settler colonialism; exploitation colonialism; plantation colonialism; surrogate colonialism; and internal colonialism.
Though the traditional practice of colonialism has ended, over 2 million people in 17 “non-self-governing territories,” scattered around the globe continue to live under virtual colonial rule, according to the United Nations. Rather than being self-governed, the indigenous populations of these 17 areas remain under the protection and authority of f...
Veracini, Lorenzo. “Settler Colonialism: A Theoretical Overview.” Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, ISBN 978-0-230-28490-6.Hoffman, Philip T. “Why Did Europe Conquer the World?”Princeton University Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1-4008-6584-0.Tignor, Roger. “Preface to Colonialism: a theoretical overview.”Markus Weiner Publishers, 2005, ISBN 978-1-55876-340-1.Rodney, Walter. “How Europe Underdeveloped Africa.”East African Publishers, 1972, ISBN 978-9966-25-113-8.- Robert Longley
Jan 13, 2022 · Concepts such as “law”, “order”, “justice”, and “crime” were “stress-tested” through the study of how penal law was used to establish and maintain colonial governance.
Sep 20, 2019 · There is powerful evidence that the colonization of Indigenous people was and is a crime, and that that crime is on-going. Achieving historical colonial goals often meant committing acts that were criminal even at the time.
Abstract: The colonial state has been an object of intense study and debate among histo-rians and postcolonial scholars. In this special issue, devoted to questions of colonial state crime, I consider the utility of the colonial state as a conceptual and analytic category for state crime scholars.
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With repartition as its prevalent feature, and considering the sparsity of underlying, common legal principles, colonial legal practice did not condense into what may be referred to as ‘international colonial law’. Yet, colonization gradually shifted the focus of international law away from Europe.
