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dc.contributor.advisorPerry, Barbara
dc.contributor.advisorAmmar, Nawal
dc.contributor.advisorAlvi, Shahid
dc.contributor.authorSan Antonio, Jaclyn Tricia
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-19T19:52:21Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-29T17:42:50Z
dc.date.available2011-09-19T19:52:21Z
dc.date.available2022-03-29T17:42:50Z
dc.date.issued2011-07-01
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10155/170
dc.description.abstractDespite 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.sponsorshipUniversity of Ontario Institute of Technologyen
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectNatural disasteren
dc.subjectState crimeen
dc.subjectImperialismen
dc.subjectHaitien
dc.titleA criminology of catastrophe: a critical analysis of imperialistic state crime and the Haiti earthquakeen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts (MA)en
dc.degree.disciplineCriminologyen


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