LEADER 03945cam a2200577 i 4500001 280020 005 20240621234844.0 008 210810t20202020cau b 000 0deng c 010 2020029858 019 120253403312064047911225756537 020 9781503613430 |q(paperback) 020 1503613437 |q(paperback) 020 |z9781503627574 |q(e-book) 035 (OCoLC)on1152062341 035 280020 042 pcc 049 LHMA 040 STF |beng |erda |cSTF |dBDX |dOCLCF |dEAU |dDLC |dOCLCO |dGZL |dOCL |dTOH |dGWL |dOCLCO |dLHM 050 00 KZ1168.5 |b.S74 2020 100 1 Steflja, Izabela, |eauthor. 245 10 Women as war criminals : |bgender, agency, and justice / |cIzabela Steflja and Jessica Trisko Darden. 264 1 Stanford, California : |bStanford Briefs, an imprint of Stanford University Press, |c[2020] 264 4 |c©2020 300 169 pages ; |c21 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 Introduction -- The president : Biljana Plavšić -- The minister : Pauline Nyiramasuhuko -- The soldier : Lynndie England -- The student : Hoda Muthana -- Conclusion. 520 "Women war criminals are far more common than we think. From the Holocaust to ethnic cleansing in the Balkans to the Rwandan genocide, women have perpetrated heinous crimes. Few have been punished. Women who have committed war crimes go unnoticed because their very existence goes against our assumptions about war and about women. Biases that contend that women are peaceful and innocent prevent us from 'seeing' women as war criminals. They also work to prevent post-conflict justice systems from assigning women blame. We argue that women are just as capable as men in committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. They are also uniquely adept at using gender instrumentally to fight for better conditions and reduced sentences when war ends. We examine four legal cases to demonstrate this: the President (Biljana Plavšić), the Minister (Pauline Nyiramasuhuko), the Soldier (Lynndie England), and the Student (Hoda Muthana). The intersection of gender, the ideological commitment, age, race, nationality, religion, rank, and institutional membership of these women influenced their treatment by legal systems and their ability to mount a gendered defense of their actions. The political context and motivations of the courts that handled their cases also shaped the legal outcomes. Justice, ultimately, is not blind to gender"-- |cProvided by the publisher. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 600 10 Plavšić, Biljana |xTrials, litigation, etc. 600 10 Nyiramasuhuko, Pauline |xTrials, litigation, etc. 600 10 England, Lynndie |xTrials, litigation, etc. 600 10 Muthana, Hoda |xTrials, litigation, etc. 650 0 Women war criminals |vCase studies. 650 0 War criminals |vCase studies. 650 0 War crime trials. 600 17 England, Lynndie. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01781424 600 17 Plavsic, Biljana. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01789933 650 7 War crime trials. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01170459 650 7 Women war criminals. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01178669 650 7 War criminals. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01170469 655 7 Trials, litigation, etc. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423712 655 7 Case studies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423765 655 7 Case studies. |2lcgft 700 1 Trisko Darden, Jessica, |eauthor. 776 08 |iOnline version:Steflja, Izabela. |tWomen as war criminals |dStanford, California : Stanford Briefs, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2020 |z9781503627574 |w(DLC) 2020029859 856 41 |3Electronic version available |uhttp://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781503627574 |zHosted by De Gruyter 852 0 |bscstacks |hKZ1168.5 |i.S74 2020 852 |bebook