Crime and Human Rights : Criminology of Genocide and Atrocities
ISBN: 9781847879257 | 184787925X
Format: PaperbackPublisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Pub. Date: 6/15/2010
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Crimes against humanity are amongst the most shocking violations imaginable. Savelsberg's text provides a much-needed criminological insight to the subject, exploring explanations of and responses to human rights abuses. Linking human rights scholarship with criminological theory, the book is divided into three parts: Part 1: Examines the legal and historical approach to the topic within a criminological framework Part 2: Unpicks the aetiology of human rights offending, using detailed case studies such as the Holocaust and the Darfur genocide P... MORE
| Introduction | |
| How Have Governments Responded to Atrocities and Human Rights Violations? | |
| Are There Trends in Controlling Human Rights Violations? | |
| When are Atrocities Crimes? | |
| How and Why Have States and Governments been Constrained? | |
| What Can Criminology Contribute To (And Learn From)The Study of Serious Human Rights Violations? | |
| Introduction | |
| How does Geno... MORE | |
| Can Genocide Studies and Criminology Enrich Each Other? | |
| How Can Criminology Address Contemporary Atrocities? | |
| How Can Human Rights Violations Be Fought? | |
| What is the Role of Criminal Courts? | |
| How Effective Can Courts be and what Can Help Them? | |
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David Garland, Arthur T. Vanderbilc Professor of Law and Professor of Sociology, New York University
John Hagan, MacArthur Professor, Northwestern University
Joachim J. Savelsberg is Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota.
Series Editors: Nicole Rafter and Paul Rock
John Hagan, MacArthur Professor, Northwestern University
Joachim J. Savelsberg is Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota.
Series Editors: Nicole Rafter and Paul Rock
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