Radicalization as cause and consequence of violence in genocides and mass killings

No. Panggil :	eja-21-0371
Nama Orang :	McDoom, Omar Shahabudin






Penerbitan :	[Place of publication not identified] : Sage - Crime and Justice, 2020

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Abstrak	Major theories of participation in genocides and mass killings offer seemingly opposing explanatory logics for how and why individuals come to commit violence. The long standing consensus on perpetrator ordinariness contrasts with explanations that continue to highlight the prior, intensely held negative attitudes and beliefs about the victim group. I propose a theoretical reconciliation. Radicalization would be better theorized not only as an antecedent to the act of violence but also as a consequence of it. Killing transforms individuals. A well-established point in social psychology, not only do attitudes drive behaviors, but behaviors also shape attitudes. Some perpetrators dehumanize their victims, internalize exclusionary ideologies, and otherwise develop negative sentiments toward their victims following their participation in the violence. Attitudinal shift becomes a form of dissonance-reduction. Perpetrators come to espouse radical beliefs in order to justify their actions. This revised theorization has implications for our understanding of (1) perpetrator heterogeneity: individuals must vary in their vulnerability to radicalization, and (2) non-instrumental violence: why we often observe the infliction of gratuitous pain and suffering on victims. I re-interpret testimony of perpetrators from Rwanda, the Holocaust, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Cambodia to support the article s central theoretical proposition.
Entri Tambahan Nama Orang
001 Hak Akses (open/membership)	membership
Kata Kunci	genocide, mass killing, perpetrators, radicalization
ISSN
Tahun Terbit	2020
No. Induk	eja-21-0371
Entri Sumber Data	Sage - Crime and Justice
Entri Utama Nama orang	McDoom, Omar Shahabudin
Volume, Nomor, Tahun dan Hlm.	vol. 1, no. 1, p. 123-143
Barcode	eja-21-0371
Subjek Topik
Judul Utama	Radicalization as cause and consequence of violence in genocides and mass killings
Kode Bahasa	eng
Sumber Koleksi	Perpustakaan Nasional