This week’s material was very interesting. We read about state and corporate crimes, and what makes them different. State crimes include genocide, human rights violations, war crimes, illegal wars, and crimes against humanity, and more (Rothe and Kauzlarich, 2016, Pg. 117). These types of crimes have been occurring for plenty of time, yet they are typically ignored by the general public or not treated as actual crime. Unless a person is directly affected, people tend to not have a lot of empathy for those that are affected by state crimes due to lack of knowledge. Then there are corporate crimes, or crimes comitted by a corporation. These types of crimes include insider trading, embezzlement, money laundering, bribing, and more. Corporations have been committing these crimes for years for the corporations personal gain or growth. Although these crimes may not physically affect any one person, they could greatly influence a person’s financial status, thus leading them to struggles that they never signed up for. Both of these types of crimes can easily be brushed under the rug when introduced to money and power.
Something else that I read about this week is use of drones by America in the middle east. America has committed attacks with drone strikes that have caused casualties in communities of innocent people, yet these innocent people are often referred to as “collateral damage”. I do not believe that these strikes should be considered ethical, and I am surprised that there is not more coverage on these attacks. The use of drones to gain knowledge through video footage can be essential to the United States, but attacking innocent people is not and should not be considered essential.