A criminology of catastrophe: a critical analysis of imperialistic state crime and the Haiti earthquake
| dc.contributor.advisor | Perry, Barbara | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Ammar, Nawal | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Alvi, Shahid | |
| dc.contributor.author | San Antonio, Jaclyn Tricia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-09-19T19:52:21Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-29T17:42:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-09-19T19:52:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-03-29T17:42:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-07-01 | |
| dc.degree.discipline | Criminology | en |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts (MA) | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Despite the devastation caused by environmental catastrophes, these phenomena have yet to garner significant attention as a subject of criminological inquiry. This thesis is framed by the following question: How can we problematize the notion of “natural” disaster to arrive at a criminological understanding of human culpability in the production of harm? I argue that the degree of human suffering caused by natural disasters is aggravated by imperialistic state crimes, which predispose populations to conditions of vulnerability and dependency. I substantiate this argument with an analysis of Haiti and demonstrate how its history of imperialistic exploitation by the US amounted to a pattern of state crime victimization that marginalized Haitians and, consequently, shaped their suffering from the 2010 earthquake. The story of Haiti exemplifies the relationship between the contemporary hardships of a natural disaster and the historical injustices of state crime, thus illuminating the relevance of a criminology of catastrophe. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | University of Ontario Institute of Technology | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10155/170 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.subject | Natural disaster | en |
| dc.subject | State crime | en |
| dc.subject | Imperialism | en |
| dc.subject | Haiti | en |
| dc.title | A criminology of catastrophe: a critical analysis of imperialistic state crime and the Haiti earthquake | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |