Karstedt, S (2012) Contextualizing mass atrocity crimes: The dynamics of 'extremely violent societies'. European Journal of Criminology, 9 (5). 499 - 513 . ISSN 1477-3708
Abstract
Mass violence and genocidal events are presently characterized by new patterns that clearly set them apart from previous genocides and mass atrocities. These changes in the nature of mass atrocity events have necessarily shifted perspectives and conceptualizations of genocide and mass atrocities. Gerlach's (2006, 2010) concept of 'extremely violent societies' seeks to deconstruct conventional understandings of genocidal mass violence and to re-contextualize it within a larger framework of conflict and in the 'grassroots nature' of other types of violence from which these events emerge. Based on his concept, I constructed a 'Violent Societies Index' (VSI), which offers a new approach to the multifaceted nature of contemporary mass violence and provides a new tool for a contextual and pattern analysis: it is the 'how' of extreme levels of violence that is addressed rather than the 'why'.
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Item Type: | Article |
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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 Law (Leeds) > Centre for Criminal Justice Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 03 Dec 2012 09:32 |
Last Modified: | 08 Nov 2016 22:08 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1477370812454646 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Sage Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1477370812454646 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:74774 |