State violence is defined as "the use of legitimate governmental authority to cause unnecessary harm and suffering to groups, individuals, and states".[1] It can be defined broadly or narrowly to refer to such events as genocide,[2] state terrorism,[3] drone attacks,[4] police brutality,[5] state surveillance, or juridical violence.[2]

Causes

Yuichi Kubota researched the correlation between rebel attacks and state-led violence. He found that there was a correlation between state-led violence and rebel attacks but, the government may not react to all attacks the same. The government will most likely react to attacks that threaten or weaken their security, political, and military power. Kubota finds that state-led violence against rebels is selective, the government might only react when the rebel threat presents a long-lasting effect.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Renzetti, Claire; Edleson, Jeffrey (2008). "State Violence". Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence. SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 689–690.
  2. 1 2 Torres, M. Gabriela (2018). "State Violence". The Cambridge Handbook of Social Problems. Cambridge University Press. pp. 381–398. ISBN 978-1-108-42617-6.
  3. ↑ "Terrorism by the State is still Terrorism". University of Birmingham. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  4. ↑ Shaw, Ian; Akhter, Majed (3 April 2014). "The Dronification of State Violence". Critical Asian Studies. 46 (2): 211–234. doi:10.1080/14672715.2014.898452. S2CID 143980463.
  5. ↑ Cherry, Myisha (23 February 2017). "State Racism, State Violence, and Vulnerable Solidarity". In Zack, Naomi (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Race. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190236953.013.3. ISBN 978-0-19-023695-3.
  6. ↑ Kubota, Yuichi (October 2017). "Explaining State Violence in the Guatemalan Civil War: Rebel Threat and Counterinsurgency". Latin American Politics and Society. 59 (3): 48–71. doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0719-y.

Further reading

  • Gomez-Barris, Macarena (2009). Where Memory Dwells: Culture and State Violence in Chile. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-25583-8.
  • James, Joy (1996). Resisting State Violence: Radicalism, Gender, and Race in the U. S. Culture. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-8745-9.
  • Sherman, Taylor C. (2010). State Violence and Punishment in India. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-55970-6.
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