Friday, March 22, 2019

Smeulers, Weerdesteijn, & Holá: Perpetrators of International Crimes: Theories, Methods, and Evidence

Alette Smeulers (Univ. of Groningen - Law), Maartje Weerdesteijn (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Law), & Barbora Holá (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Law) have published Perpetrators of International Crimes: Theories, Methods, and Evidence (Oxford Univ. Press 2019). Contents include:
  • Benjamin B. Ferencz, Preface
  • Alette Smeulers, Barbora Holá, & Maartje Weerdesteijn, Introduction
  • Alette Smeulers, Historical Overview of Perpetrator Studies
  • Alette Smeulers, Barbora Holá & Maartje Weerdesteijn, Theories, Methods, and Evidence
  • Chandra Lekha Sriram, Perpetrators, Fieldwork, and Ethical Concerns
  • Mina Rauschenbach, Interviewing Perpetrators against the Backdrop of Ethical Concerns and Reflexivity
  • Thijs Bouwknegt & Adina-Loredana Nistor, Studying 'Perpetrators' through the Lens of the Criminal Trial
  • Ugur Ümit Üngö, Perpetration as a Process: A Historical-Sociological Model
  • Kjell Anderson, The Margins of Perpetration: Role-Shifting in Genocide
  • Erin Jessee, Beyond Perpetrators: Complex Political Actors surrounding the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda
  • Jonathan Leader Maynard, Studying Perpetrator Ideologies in Atrocity Crimes
  • Pieter Nanninga, Religion and International Crimes: the Case of the Islamic State
  • Georg Frerks, The Female Tigers of Sri Lanka: The Legitimation of Recruitment and Fight
  • Maartje Weerdesteijn, The Rationality and Reign of Paul Kagame
  • Caroline Fournet, Nothing Must Remain: The (In)visibility of Atrocity Crimes and the Perpetrators' Strategies using the Corpses of their Victims
  • Iva Vukusic, Plausible Deniability: The Challenges in Prosecuting Paramilitary Violence in the former Yugoslavia
  • Mirza Buljubasic & Barbora Holá, Perpetrators on Trial: Characteristics of War Crime Perpetrators Tried by Courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina & ICTY
  • Susanne Karstedt, 'Like Mirrors of Morality': Social Support for Nazi War Criminals in Post-War Germany
  • Alette Smeulers, Concluding Thoughts