1 N. Poulantzas, State, Power, Socialism (London, Verso, 1978).
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2 N. Christie, Crime Control as Industry (London, Routledge, 1993), p. 181.
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3 S. Cohen, Visions of Social Control (Cambridge, Polity, 1985), p. 166.
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See also P. Scraton and K. Chadwick, In the Arms of the Law: coroners’ inquests and deaths in custody (London, Pluto, 1987).
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5 Ibid., p. 233.
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6 P. Scraton, ‘The state v the people: an introduction’, Journal of Law and Society (Vol. 12, no. 3, 1985), p. 263.
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7 Statewatch (Vol. 8, no. 6, 1998), p. 8.
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8 The Guardian (9 July 1999).
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9 M. Cox and T. Foster, Their Darkest Day: the tragedy of PanAm 103 and its legacy of hope (New York, Grove Weidenfeld, 1992), p. 13.
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10 J. Ashton and I. Ferguson, Cover-Up of Convenience: the hidden scandal of Lockerbie (Edinburgh, Mainstream Publications, 2001), p. 11.
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11 L. Christian, ‘The seven year history of the Marchioness disaster’, paper to the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control (Bangor, September, 1996).
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12 Personal correspondence with J. Perks, Marchioness Action Group (March 2002).
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13 P. Scraton, Hillsborough: the truth (Edinburgh, Mainstream Publications, 2000).
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14 Ibid., chapter 10.
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15 P. Scraton, A. Jemphrey and S. Coleman, No Last Rights: the denial of justice and the promotion of myth in the aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster (Liverpool, LCC and Alden Press, 1995).
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H. Davis and P. Scraton, Disaster, Trauma, Aftermath (Lawrence and Wishart, forthcoming).
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17 Personal correspondence with L. Morton, Dunblane Families Group (June, 1998).
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18 S. Cohen, ‘Human rights and crimes of the state: the culture of denial’, Australia and New Zealand Journal of Criminology (Vol. 26, no. 2, 1993), pp. 97-115.
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19 S. Cohen, ‘Government responses to human rights reports: claims, denials and counterclaims’, Human Rights Quarterly (Vol. 18, 1996), p. 517.
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20 S. Cohen, States of Denial: knowing about atrocities and suffering (Cambridge, Polity Press, 2001), p. 139.
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21 M. Ignatieff, The Warrior’s Honour: ethnic war and the modern conscience (Toronto, Penguin Books, 1999), p. 169.
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22 A. Krog, Country of My Skull (London, Jonathan Cape, 1998), p. 24.
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23 The Warrior’s Honour, op. cit.
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24 See P. Scraton (ed.), Beyond September 11: an anthology of dissent (London, Pluto Press, 2002).
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25 The Warrior’s Honour, op. cit., p. 171.
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26 M. Foucault, Power/Knowledge: selected interviews and other writings 1972-1977, edited by C. Gordon (Brighton, Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1980), p. 131.
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27 Categories adapted from Stan Cohen’s work - see P. Scraton, ‘Policing with contempt: the degrading of truth and the denial of justice in the aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster’, Journal of Law and Society (Vol. 26, no. 3, 1999), p. 295.
