An Introduction to the Criminology of Genocide

Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Tables
1: What Is Genocide?
Pre-genocide
Genocide According to Lemkin
Genocide According to the United Nations
Other Definitions of Genocide
Genocide as a Crime
Conclusion
Further Reading
Useful Websites
2: How Can We Understand Genocide?
Introduction
Law
Psychology
Political Science
Sociology
Criminology
Conclusion
Further Reading
Useful Websites
3: Why Does Genocide Occur?
Introduction
Agency-Oriented Theories
Elites
Frontline Killers
Society
Structural Theories
Culture
Regime Type
Divided Society
Modernity
Crisis, Revolution, War
Victim-Group Construction Theories
The Victim as the “Other”
Dehumanization
Threat to State
Biological Theories
Criminological Theories
Conclusion
Criminology-Related Websites
4: Who Commits Genocide?
Introduction
State Crime
Organizational Crime
The State as an Organization
Collective Violence
Individual Génocidaires
The Browning-Goldhagen Debate
Organizational Génocidaires
Conclusion
Further Reading
Useful Websites
5: When and Where Does Genocide Occur?
Introduction
Genocide Prior to 1948
1904–1908 Herero Genocide
1915 Armenian Genocide
Genocide After 1948
1971 Bangladesh Genocide
1975 East Timor Genocide
1988 Kurdish Genocide in Iraq
1994 Rwandan Genocide
1995 Bosnian Genocide
2003 Darfur Genocide
2017 Rohingya Genocide
Conclusion
Further Reading
DVD Resources
6: How Do We Respond to Genocide?
Introduction
United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
The Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
International Criminal Tribunals
The International Criminal Court
National Courts
Gacaca Courts
What Can You Do
Conclusion
Useful Websites
7: What Happens When Genocide Is Denied?
Introduction
Holocaust Awareness
Denying History
Genocide Denial Legislation
Denying
Public Versus Private Denial
Effective Uses of Denial Laws
Problematic Uses of Denial Laws
Denial Legislation Goals
Conclusion
Further Reading
Bibliography
Index