Breaking the Cycle of Mass Atrocities: Criminological and Socio-Legal Approaches in International Criminal Law

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Breaking the Cycle of Mass Atrocities investigates the role of international criminal law at different stages of mass atrocities, shifting away from its narrow understanding solely as an instrument of punishment of those most responsible. The book is premised on the idea that there are distinct phases of collective violence, and international criminal law contributes in one way or another to each phase. The authors therefore explore various possibilities for international criminal law to be of assistance in breaking the vicious cycle at its different junctures.

Marina Aksenova is Professor of Comparative and International Criminal Law at IE University in Madrid. Elies van Sliedregt is Professor of International and Comparative Criminal Law at Leeds University. Stephan Parmentier is Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology at KU Leuven.

Breaking the Cycle of Mass Atrocities is a welcome addition to the literature, and should be of interest to scholars and students interested in socio-legal approaches to international criminal law. -- Lynn Rapaport, Pomona College * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *