State violence: Difference between revisions

'''State violence''' is the use of force, intimidation, or oppression by a government or ruling body against the citizens within the jurisdiction of said state. This can be seen in a variety of forms, including military violence, [[settler colonialism]], [[surveillance]], [[immigration law]], and other tactics used to express authority over a certain group.<ref>{{Citation |last=Torres |first=M. Gabriela |title=State Violence |date=2018 |work=The Cambridge Handbook of Social Problems |volume=2 |pages=381–398 |editor-last=Treviño |editor-first=A. Javier |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-handbook-of-social-problems/state-violence/CB1CD884DD53026BC4DD7C1F1FD70DD3 |access-date=2024-02-18 |place=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |doi=10.1017/9781108550710.023 |isbn=978-1-108-42617-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Renzetti |first1=Claire |author1-link=Claire Renzetti |last2=Edleson |first2=Jeffrey |author2-link=Jeffrey Edleson |title=Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence |date=2008 |publisher=SAGE Publications, Inc. |pages=689–690 |url=|chapter=State Violence}}</ref> State violence can happen through law enforcement or military force, as well as through other branches of government and bureaucracy. State violence is typically justified under the pretense of maintaining law and order, or protecting borders. State violence can include prolonged conditions imposed on individuals that are upheld, unaddressed, or furthered by the state.For example, structural violence that lead to Flint, Michigan having lead-contaminated water may be considered state violence.<ref name=":22">{{Cite journal |last=Butler |first=Paul |date=2022 |title=The Problem of State Violence |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/48638127 |journal=Daedalus |volume=151 |issue=1 |pages=22–37 |doi=10.1162/daed_a_01885 |jstor=48638127 |issn=0011-5266|doi-access=free }}</ref>U.S immigration laws are an additional example of structural violence.