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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Joachim J Savelsberg |
| ISBN: | 9781847879240 1847879241 184787925X 9781847879257 |
| OCLC Number: | 491930190 |
| Notes: | Errata inserted. |
| Description: | viii, 130 pages : map ; 20 cm |
| Contents: | pt. I Are there trends in controlling human rights violations?: When are artorcities crimes? -- How and why have states and gevernments been constrained? -- pt. II What van criminology contribute to (and learn from) the study of serious human rights violations?: How does genocide unfold? -- the case of the holocaust -- Can genocide studies and criminology enrich each other? -- How can criminology address contemporary atrocities? pt. III How can human rights violations be fought?: -- What is the role of criminal courts? -- How effective can courts be and what can help them? |
| Series Title: | Compact criminology. |
| Responsibility: | Joachim J. Savelsberg. |
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In this concise book... Joachim J. Savelsberg provides further illumination on a topic affecting the wellbeing and future of humanity, specifically through the lenses of criminology...Savelsberg's book effectively achieves a number of objectives. Firstly, and perhaps importantly, this concise reading provides a meaningful contribution to the growing branches of critical and contemporary criminology, while providing original ideas to further enrich literature on genocide and atrocities. In writing on these crimes, Savelsberg adopts an international approach with the inclusion of case studies, research findings, laws and legal institutions from around the globe. Many opportunities for both theoretical and empirical research are also exposed, thus helping to encourage further research in this area and to facilitate multidisciplinary scholarly collaboration. Titles for each thematic section, chapter, and subsection headers are all posed as questions as a creative way to engage the reader in a conversation with Savelsberg. This makes the book all the more clear and lively, similar to attending a lecture Michael J. PuniskisCrime, Law and Social Change Joachim Savelsberg brings a unique perspective and research background to the topic of crime and human rights. The book provides a succinct and penetrating analysis that persuasively explains why contemporary criminology must widen its boundaries to make human rights crimes a priority for our field. This book is essential reading for scholars and studentsJohn HaganMacArthur Professor, Northwestern University "Joachim Savelsberg is one of the world's finest sociologists of crime and the institutions through which it is constituted and controlled. In this brief but path-breaking study he shows how the tools of criminological analysis can deepen our understanding of the processes that produce genocide and crimes against humanity - and why an engagement with human rights is essential for a 21st century criminology that aspires to depth and relevance." -- David Garland Read more...
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- Crimes against humanity.
- Human rights.
- Crime.
- Menschenrechtsverletzung.
- Völkermord.
- Kriegsverbrechen.
- Kriminologie.
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