Towards a criminology of crimes against humanity

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-255

  Maier Katkin, Daniel ^a   Mears, Daniel P ^a   Bernard, Thomas J ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

crimes against humanity; criminology theory; genocide; Jedwabne

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249090428     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480609102880     Document Type: Article

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