University of Melbourne Podcast: ‘Up Close’ with Penny Green

Crimes of state: When a nation goes from protector to perpetrator

Prof Penny Green explains how states, entrusted to define crimes and enforce the laws that deter them, can themselves be complicit in the worst social harms. Professor Green is director of the International State Crime Initiative (ISCI), which seeks to understand how states can become perpetrators rather than protectors, and how civil society groups can be enlisted to fight back.

CLICK HERE FOR PODCAST: http://upclose.unimelb.edu.au/episode/383-crimes-state-when-nation-goes-protector-perpetrator

Podcast presented by Lynne Haultain.