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Journal of International Criminal Justice Advance Access originally published online on September 22, 2006
Journal of International Criminal Justice 2006 4(4):787-799; doi:10.1093/jicj/mql047
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How Can it Happen that Horrendous State Crimes are Perpetrated?

An Overview of Criminological Theories

Frank Neubacher*

* Privat Dozent, PhD, Institute of Criminology, University of Cologne (currently at University of Dresden). [ Frank.Neubacher{at}uni-koeln.de]

This article offers a criminological explanation of crimes perpetrated by state officials or those involving states, more specifically such crimes as genocide, war crimes or crimes against humanity. After exploring the criminological implications of the Milgram experiments on obedience towards authority, the author presents the theory of ‘neutralization techniques’ and applies it at the state level. Finally, by way of illustration, the notorious speech made in 1943 by Himmler on the extermination of Jews is analysed.


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