Genocidal Crimes

ISBN-13: 9780415466752 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 202 str.

Alex Alvarez

Opis

'Genocidal Crimes' draws upon the extensive criminological literature on criminality and violence to provide a comprehensive and contemporary analysis of genocide. It explicitly relies on criminological theory and research to help provide new insights into the nature and functioning of genocide.

Genocide has emerged as one of the leading problems of the twentieth century. No corner of the world seems immune from this form of collective violence. While many individuals are familiar with the term, few people have a clear understanding of what genocide is and how it is carried out. This book clearly discusses the concept of genocide and dispels the widely held misperceptions about how these crimes occur and the mechanisms necessary for its perpetration.

Genocidal Crimes differs from much of the writing on the subject in that it explicitly relies upon the criminological literature to explain the nature and functioning of genocide. Criminology, with its focus on various types of criminality and violence, has much to offer in terms of explaining the origins, dynamics, and facilitators of this particular form of collective violence. Through application of a number of criminological theories to various elements of genocide Alvarez presents a comprehensive analysis of this particular crime. These criminological perspectives are underpinned by a variety of psychological, sociological, and political science based insights in order to present a more complete discussion of the nature and functioning of genocide.

Spis treści

1. Defining a Crime  2. States and Genocide I: State Crime & War  3. States and Genocide II: Legitimacy and Ideology  4. Perpetrators I: The Organizational Context  5. Perpetrators II: The Individual Context  6. An End To Genocide?

O autorze

Dr. Alex Alvarez is a Professor in the Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice at Northern Arizona University. The former Director of the Martin-Springer Institute for Teaching the Holocaust, Tolerance, and Humanitarian Values, he has published books on genocide, violence, and homicide