Crimes of the United States Government

• In Event: State Crime and Beyond

Abstract

This paper examines the monopolization of street crime by the United States government. Through a content analysis of the film “Training Day” this paper will demonstrate how the United States government and its employees, in an effort to further the organizational goal of an agency in preventing street crime, has engaged in criminal activity throughout history. This paper examines how the monopolization of crime by the United States government is needed for the government to claim a moral victory in this country’s War on Crime. This paper will review the United States government’s attempts to eradicate street crime by committing that same crime, in an effort to get close enough for surveillance of suspected criminals. The government has monopolized street crime through the use of informants and undercover agents, who have committed a wide array of crimes to gain the confidence of the criminal enterprise they are targeting. This paper will also examine how the government has monopolized violence with the use of the death penalty to deter murder. This paper will provide direct evidence of criminality from government officials in pursuit of the organizational goals that the various governmental agencies employ.

Author

• Cameron Brown, Eastern Kentucky University