Truth and Reconciliation Commissions: ProblemS in Transitional Justice and the Reconstruction of Identity

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-49

  Avruch, Kevin ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

apology; conflict resolution; identity; truth reconciliation commissions; violence

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; CONFLICT; CRIME VICTIM; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; VIOLENCE; WAR CRIME; FORGIVENESS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; IDENTITY; LEGAL LIABILITY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REVIEW;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CRIME VICTIMS; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; NEGOTIATING; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; VIOLENCE; WAR CRIMES;

EID: 77953014904     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461510362043     Document Type: Article

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