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Searching for Justice in Darfur: Assessing Punitive Attitudes During Genocide

DeRoche, Courtney Leigh
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1524156964260812

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2018, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Sociology.
Despite several efforts to develop a “criminology of genocide,” the discipline has yet to leverage its rich theoretical perspectives to assess public opinion on punishments implemented after genocide. Accordingly, this article integrates research on punitive attitudes, white-collar crime, and responses to human rights violations to analyze punitive attitudes toward perpetrators of genocide. Like white-collar criminals, perpetrators of genocide are embedded within organizations and groups (e.g., army commanders, soldiers, state-sponsored militias) that inherently influence the perpetrator’s capacity to commit crime. Scholars must, consequently, consider the organizational structure that shapes genocidal actors’ behavior when assessing punitive attitudes toward the respective groups. Therefore, I examine survey data of 1,575 Darfuri refugees who fled the genocide to assess whether personal victimization is associated with punitive attitudes toward different categories of perpetrators. Using multinomial logistic regression, I find that victim’s punitive attitudes vary depending on the perpetrator’s position within the organizational structure. Specifically, individuals who experienced direct violence are more punitive toward the organizers of the genocide and less punitive toward individuals committing violence on the ground. By integrating white-collar crime research, I elaborate upon an underdeveloped area in punitive attitude literature (i.e., organizational structure) and contribute to the criminology of genocide by empirically testing whether and how personal victimization during genocide influences punitive attitudes toward each group of perpetrators.
Hollie Brehm (Advisor)
Ryan King (Committee Member)
Dana Haynie (Committee Member)
41 p.
Sociology
punitive attitudes, criminology, transitional justice, genocide, darfur

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  • DeRoche, C. L. (2018). Searching for Justice in Darfur: Assessing Punitive Attitudes During Genocide [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1524156964260812

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • DeRoche, Courtney. Searching for Justice in Darfur: Assessing Punitive Attitudes During Genocide. 2018. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1524156964260812.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • DeRoche, Courtney. "Searching for Justice in Darfur: Assessing Punitive Attitudes During Genocide." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1524156964260812

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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