Perpetration as a Process: A Historical-Sociological Model

U.U. Ungor

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    Abstract

    This chapter shifts its perspective from the study of perpetrators to perpetration. Whereas the former term refers to the agency of the individuals who have perpetrated forms of mass violence against civilians, the latter concept refers to the process of collective commission of mass violence. The advantage of taking a processual view is that it caters for the complexity of the process of perpetration: different layers of authority, motives of involvement, rules of engagement, and most importantly, the changes in these factors over time. This chapter approaches perpetration as a socio-ecological model containing three distinct analytical levels: top-level (architects), mid-level (organizers), and bottom-level (killers). The heuristic device in this chapter fleshes out and discusses each level of analysis and applies theoretical insights. It develops a temporal processual model that focuses on the power relationships between groups of people, especially between perpetrators and victims, but also within the perpetrator group.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationPerpetrators of International Crimes
    Subtitle of host publicationTheories, Methods, and Evidence
    EditorsAlette Smeulers, Maartje Weerdesteijn, Barbora Holá
    Place of PublicationOxford
    PublisherOxford University Press
    Chapter6
    Pages117-131
    Number of pages15
    ISBN (Electronic)9780191868375
    ISBN (Print)9780198829997
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 7 Feb 2019

    Keywords

    • mass violence
    • analytical model
    • perpetration as process
    • perpetrator
    • victims
    • authority

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