The Palgrave Handbook of Criminology and War

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Introduction: The Criminology of War, What Is It Good For?

   • Ross McGarry, Sandra Walklate

   Pages 1-21

3. The Criminogenic Contexts of War

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. War, Criminal Justice and the Rebirth of Privatisation

      • John Lea

      Pages 25-44

   3. Terrorism and War: Interrogating Discourses of Risk and Security

      • Gabe Mythen

      Pages 45-60

   4. Corporate War Crimes

      • Vincenzo Ruggiero

      Pages 61-77

   5. Criminology, War and Environmental Despoliation

      • Carmel O’Sullivan, Reece Walters

      Pages 79-96

4. Violence and Victimization at War

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97

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   2. Genocide in the Context of War

      • Alex Alvarez

      Pages 99-115

   3. Sexual Violence During Armed Conflict

      • Christopher W. Mullins

      Pages 117-131

   4. Soldiers and Victims: Conceptions of Military Service and Victimhood, 1914–45

      • Zoe Alker, Barry Godfrey

      Pages 133-149

   5. ‘I’m the Victim Here’: Intrastate Conflict and the Legacy of Political Violence

      • Neil Ferguson

      Pages 151-168

   6. Framing Blame and Victimhood in Post-conflict Northern Ireland

      • Ruth Jamieson

      Pages 169-187

5. Violence, War and Security

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189

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   2. Private Military Contractors as Criminals/Victims

      • Adam White

      Pages 191-209

   3. Police Pluralisation and Private Security

      • Ruth Delaforce

      Pages 211-229

   4. An Analysis of the War-Policing Assemblage: The Case of Iraq (2003–2015)

      • Teresa Degenhardt

      Pages 231-247

   5. Violence, Policing, and War

      • Jude McCulloch

      Pages 249-266

6. Perpetrators of Violence and the Aftermath of War

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 267-267

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   2. The Dark Side of Defence: Masculinities and Violence in the Military

      • Ben Wadham

      Pages 269-287

This interdisciplinary Handbook brings together into one coherent volume a range of international authors, who firmly establish the relevance of war within the discipline of criminology. The chapters address emerging and prevailing issues in the criminological study of war, including state crime, corporate crime, victimology, genocide, policing, security and various forms of violence. Taking a critical standpoint including feminist, cultural, and radical approaches amongst others, the Handbook is split into five clear sections: (1) The Criminogenic Contexts of War; (2) Violence and Victimization at War; (3) Violence, War and Security; (4) Perpetrators of Violence and the Aftermath of War; and (5) Cultural and Methodological Developments for a Criminology of War. 


Edited by two leading experts in the field, this Handbook provides an original point of reference on the contemporary debates and applications of criminology and war and will be a key resource for academics and students across criminology, international relations, critical military studies, military sociology, peace studies and law.

• crime
• victimology
• critical military studies
• trauma
• security studies
• violence
• critical criminology
• criminal justice
• victims
• risk
• resilience
• terrorism
• genocide
• sexual violence
• military service
• post-conflict
• policing
• prisons
• defence
• corporate crime
• criminology
• Military Sociology
• Military Studies
• police
• political violence
• war

• Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, University of Liverpool, UK, LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom

  Ross McGarry

• Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, University of Liverpool, UK, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  Sandra Walklate

Ross McGarry is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Liverpool, UK. He has written widely in international journals on criminology, victimology and critical military studies. 

Sandra Walklate is Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology at the University of Liverpool, UK, and is internationally recognised for her work in and around criminal victimisation particularly the fear of crime. In 2014, she received the British Society of Criminology's award for outstanding achievement.

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