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Beyond the banality of evil : criminology and genocide / Augustine Brannigan.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: HV6322.7 .B72 2013

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    "Positioning itself within significant developments in genocide studies arising from misgivings about two noteworthy observers, Arendt and Milgram, this book asks what lies 'beyond the banality of evil'? And suggests the answer lies within criminology.Offering the author's reflections about how to interpret genocide as a crime, Beyond the Banality of Evil: Criminology and Genocide endeavours to understand how the theories of criminal motivation might shed light on these stunning events and make them comprehensible..." Book cover.
    Series
    Clarendon studies in criminology
    Clarendon studies in criminology.
    Format
    Book
    Author/Creator
    Brannigan, Augustine, 1949-
    Published
    Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013
    Edition
    First edition
    Contents
    Genocide and the obedience paradigm
    Three paradoxes of genocide in criminology
    Labelling genocide : the constitutive problem
    Explaining crime and genocide : the control perspective
    Psychogenesis and sociogenesis of genocide in Rwanda
    Catalysts and accomplices
    Limits of the criminal law
    Civil remedy for genocide
    Truth and reconciliation commissions : the third option
    Conclusion: Beyond the banality of evil.
    Notes
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-243) and index.
    Genocide and the obedience paradigm -- Three paradoxes of genocide in criminology -- Labelling genocide : the constitutive problem -- Explaining crime and genocide : the control perspective -- Psychogenesis and sociogenesis of genocide in Rwanda -- Catalysts and accomplices -- Limits of the criminal law -- Civil remedy for genocide -- Truth and reconciliation commissions : the third option -- Conclusion: Beyond the banality of evil.

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    Language
    English
    ISBN
    0199674620
    9780199674626
    Physical Description
    xxiv, 261 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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