Lost in transition: linking war, war economy and post-war crime in Sri Lanka
Year: 2020

Scholars continue to draw attention to the link between the war economy and post-war crime. The majority of these studies are about cases of civil war that ended with peace agreements. Sri Lanka's civil war ended with a military victory for the state armed forces; thus, It can help shed new light on the above link. Situated in the war economy perspective, this article investigates the dominant types of crimes reported from post-war Sri Lanka and the mechanisms linking them with the war economy.