An Introduction to the Criminology of Genocide

ISBN-13: 9783030652104 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 187 str.

William R. Pruitt

Spis treści

1. Chapter 1 What is genocide?

1.1 Pre-Genocide

1.2 Genocide according to Lemkin

1.3 Genocide according to the United Nations

1.4 Other definitions of genocide

1.5 Genocide as a crime 

2. Chapter 2 How can we understand genocide?

2.1 Law

2.2 Psychology

2.3 Political Science

2.4 Sociology

2.5 Criminology 

3. Chapter 3 Why does genocide occur?

3.1 Agency-oriented Theories

3.2 Structural Theories

3.3 Victim-group Construction Theories 

3.4 Biological Theories

3.5 Criminological Theories 

4. Chapter 4 Who commits genocide?

4.1 State Crime 

4.2 Organizational Crime 

4.3 The State as an Organization

4.4 Collective Violence

4.5 Individual Genocidaires

4.6 The Browning-Goldhagen Debate

4.7 Organizational Genocidaires

5. Chapter 5 When and where does genocide occur?

5.1 Genocide prior to 1948

5.1.1 Herero Genocide

5.1.2 Armenian Genocide 

5.2 Genocide after 1948

5.2.1 Bangladesh Genocide 

5.2.2 East Timor Genocide 

5.2.3 Kurdish Genocide 

5.2.4 Rwandan Genocide 

5.2.5 Bosnian Genocide 

5.2.6 Darfur Genocide 

5.2.7 Rohingya Genocide 

6. Chapter 6 How do we respond to genocide?

6.1 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

6.2 The Responsibility to Protect

6.3 International Criminal Tribunals

6.4 The International Criminal Court

6.5 National Courts

6.6 Gacaca Courts

6.7 What Can You Do

7. Chapter 7 What happens when genocide is denied?

7.1 Holocaust Awareness

7.2 Denying History 

7.3 Genocide Denial Legislation

7.3.1 Denying

7.3.2 Public v. Private Denial

7.3.3 Good Uses of Denial Laws(?)

7.3.4 Bad Uses of Denial Laws(?)

7.4 Denial Legislation Goals

O autorze

William R. Pruitt is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Virginia Wesleyan University, USA. He holds a JD from Syracuse University College of Law and a PhD in Criminology and Public Policy from Northeastern University. His research interests include genocide, crimes against humanity, and the legal response to mass atrocity crimes. He has published about the theoretical aspect of genocide as well as the criminal sanctions imposed by international tribunals.