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

Publication | Library Call Number: HV6322.7 .B72 2013

"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.

Book cover
Series
Clarendon studies in criminology
Clarendon studies in criminology.
Format
Book
Author/Creator
Brannigan, Augustine, 1949-
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013
Language
English
Edition
1st ed

About This Publication

Physical Description
xxiv, 261 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Genocide and the obedience paradigm
Three paradoxes of genocide in criminology
Labelling genocide : the constitutive problem
Explaining crime and genocide : the control perspective
The psychogenesis and sociogenesis of genocide in Rwanda
Catalysts and accomplices
The limits of the criminal law
The civil remedy for genocide
Truth and reconciliation commissions : the third option
Conclusion: Beyond the banality of evil.
ISBN
0199674620
9780199674626
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 -- The psychogenesis and sociogenesis of genocide in Rwanda -- Catalysts and accomplices -- The limits of the criminal law -- The civil remedy for genocide -- Truth and reconciliation commissions : the third option -- Conclusion: Beyond the banality of evil.

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