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The Oxford Handbook of Atrocity Crimes

Author: Barbora Holá; Hollie Nyseth Brehm; Maartje Weerdesteijn
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780190915629
Published In: June 2022
Format: Hardback
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Social scientific research focusing on mass atrocities, which include widespread or systematic crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, expanded after the end of the Cold War. Mass violence in the former Yugoslavia, as well as the genocide in Rwanda, sparked new research initiatives in numerous disciplines. Scholars working in various academic fields such as international (criminal) law, political science, psychology, sociology, history, anthropology, and demography began to focus on the causes and consequences of atrocity crimes. Yet knowledge generated by these various disciplines remains scattered and has not been integrated into a single edited volume.

The Oxford Handbook on Atrocity Crimes surveys and further develops the evolving field of atrocity crimes studies by combining major mono-, inter-, and multi-disciplinary research on atrocity crimes in one comprehensive volume. With contributions of leading scholars, this handbook will be an essential source and reference tool. Unique in its thematic focus (atrocity crimes as an overarching phenomenon, including crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes) as well as in its comprehensive scope, the book covers the etiology, the actors involved, the harm caused, the reactions to atrocity crimes, and in-depth analyses of understudied situations of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

Introduction: Atrocity Crimes and Atrocity Studies: Barbora Holá, Hollie Nyseth Brehm, and Maartje Weerdesteijn

PART I: Atrocity Crimes

1. Genealogy and Etymology of Atrocity Crimes: Jeremy Kuperberg and John Hagan

2. On the Empirical Study of Atrocity Crimes: Catrien Bijleveld

3. Atrocity Crimes as a Different Type of Crime?: Mark A. Drumbl

PART II: Etiology and Causes of Atrocity Crimes

4. Origins of Predicting Genocide and Politicide: Risk Assessments and Early Warnings: Barbara Harff

5. Human Rights and Atrocities: Melanie O'Brien

6. Armed Conflict and Atrocities: Understanding Power Dynamics: Jolle Demmers

7. Natural Resources and Atrocities: Kieran Mitton

8. Democracies, Dictatorial Regimes, and Atrocities: Maartje Weerdesteijn

9. Ideologies, Identities, and Speech in Atrocities: Jonathan Leader Maynard

10. Meso-level Dynamics of Atrocities: Rachel Jacobs and Scott Straus

11. Detention, Torture, Disappearance: The Crimes of Atrocious Organizations: Susanne Karstedt

PART III: Actors in Atrocity Crimes

12. Individuals as Perpetrators of Atrocity Crimes: Alette Smeulers

13. Individuals as Bystanders to Atrocity Crimes: Roland Moerland

14. On the Margins: Role Shifting in Atrocity Crimes: Erin Jessee

15. Child Soldiers: Myriam Denov and Anaïs Cadieux Van Vliet

16. Non-State Actors and Atrocity Crimes: Ugur Ümit Üngör

17. The Involvement of Corporations in Atrocity Crimes: Wim Huisman, Susanne Karstedt, and Annika van Baar

18. The Role of the State in Atrocity Crimes: Christopher W. Mullins

19. The International Community and Atrocity Crimes: The Responsibility to Protect: Alex J. Bellamy

PART IV: Harm and Victims of Atrocity Crimes

20. Victimology of Atrocity Crimes: Antony Pemberton and Rianne Letschert

21. How Can Mortality due to Atrocity Crimes be Estimated? Methods and Data Sources: Helge Brunborg

22. Atrocity Crimes and Harm to the Environment: Interrelations between Armed Conflict, Violence, and Ecocide: Daan P. van Uhm

23. Forced Migrants and Atrocity Crimes: Victoria Colvin and Phil Orchard

24. In the Aftermath of Atrocities: Research on the Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma and Violence: Lidewyde Berckmoes

PART V: Reactions to Atrocity Crimes

25. Transitional Justice in the 21st Century: History, Effectiveness, and Challenges: David Tolbert and Marcela Prieto Rudolphy

26. International Criminal Justice: Nancy Amoury Combs

27. Sexual Violence as a Practice of War: Implications for the Investigation and Prosecution of Atrocity Crimes: Kim Thuy Seelinger and Elisabeth Jean Wood

28. Amnesties and Truth Commissions: Jeremy Sarkin

29. Customary Responses: Joanna R. Quinn

30. Reparations and the Role of Apologies: Stephanie Wolfe

31. Memory and Memorialization After Atrocities: Nicole Fox

PART VI - Case Studies

A. War Crimes

32. War Crimes in Angola: Joris van Wijk

33. War Crimes, Atrocities, and Resistance in Colombia: Oliver Kaplan

B. Crimes Against Humanity

34. Crimes against Humanity in Indonesia (1965-1966): Jess Melvin and Annie Pohlman

35. Crimes against Humanity and Transitional Justice in Ethiopia (1935-2020): Thijs B. Bouwknegt and Tadesse Simie Metekia

C. Genocide