Mehrl, M orcid.org/0000-0002-5825-9256 (2021) The Effect of Child Soldiers on Rebel Violence against Civilians. Civil Wars, 23 (3). pp. 417-460. ISSN 1369-8249
Abstract
Existing work describes child soldiers as very violent towards civilians. Challenging this, I posit that children’s effect on group behaviour is conditioned by rebels’ civilian support. Because they have weak pre-existing norms, children are both prone to normalize violence and susceptible to rebel efforts to control their use of violence. They should thus closely follow group rules in their behaviour towards civilians, implying a moderating effect of these rules. I expect that child soldiering increases civilian victimization only for groups who lack incentives to show restraint towards civilians because they receive no support from them. Empirical tests support this expectation.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author produced version of an article published in Civil Wars. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Oct 2022 14:33 |
Last Modified: | 03 Nov 2022 01:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13698249.2021.1903780 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:192029 |