State Security and Secret Policing in North Korea

Introduction

I. Problem Statement
II. Justification of the Research Project
III. Research Topic and Objectives
IV. Literature Review
V. Organization of the Study

Chapter A: Definitions, Theoretical Framework and Research Questions

I. Definitions
II. Theoretical Framework
III. Research Questions

Chapter B: Methodology

I. Research Design
II. Research
III. Challenges and Limitations of the Study

Chapter C: Formal Social Control in North Korea and the Policing of the SSD

I. The State Security Apparatus and the Role of the SSD
II. The SSD within the State Security Apparatus
III. Understanding the Development of the State Security Apparatus
IV. Empirical Analysis: Understanding the Policing and the Police Culture of the SSD
V. Comparative Analysis: The MSS and Other Secret Polices

Chapter D: State Crime by the Secret State Security Policing of the MSS

I. The North Korean Leadership's Striving for Autonomy: One General Driver for State Crimes by the Policing of the MSS
II. The MSS' Policing of Political Prisoners in its Political Prison Camps
III. State Crime by Policing Christians and other Religious Groups .
IV. State Crime by Policing Media Employees, Writers and Artists
V. State Crime by Policing North Korean Overseas Workers
VI. The MSS' Aiding and Abetting to Human Experiments for the Development of Biological and Chemical Weapons
VII. State Crime by Policing the Pureness of the North Korean Race

Chapter E: Conclusion

I. The State Security Policing of the MSS
II. The Police Culture of the MSS
III. The MSS' State Security Policing and State Crimes
IV. Epilogue: State Crime Research and Research of State Security Policing as a Challenge to Ongoing State Crimes against Humanity

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