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