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THEFIRSTDECADEOFTHE21STCENTURYISANESPECIALLYAPPROPRIATETIMEANDvenueforaddressingthestateofthecriminologyofcrimesofthestate.One needonlywatchtheinternationalnews,orvisitinternationalgovernmental

ornongovernmentalwebsitestograsptheamountofstatecrimethatisoccurringaroundtheworld(e.g.,Sudan,theDemocraticRepublicofCongo,Israel,the UnitedStates,Russia,NorthVietnam,etc.).Despitethesignificantnumberofstate crimescommittedinrecentyears,mostcriminologistsworldwidecontinuetofocus onconventionalformsofcrime,effortstopreventsuchcrime,andthecriminal justicesystemresponsetotraditionalstreetcrime.Surelywehavemuchtolearn fromeachother'sexperienceswith,andresearchon,suchformsofcrimeandtheir control.However,itismoreimportantforcriminologiststoincreasethefocuson transnationalandnon-conventionalformsofcrime,internationalinstitutionsof control,andthechallengesinaddressingsuchcrime.