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The mass crimes in the former Yugoslavia: participation, punishment and prevention?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 October 2008

Samuel Tanner
Samuel Tanner
Affiliation:
Samuel Tanner is a Ph.D. candidate at the School of Criminology of the University of Montreal. He is also a research assistant at the International Centre for Comparative Criminology, University of Montreal.
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Abstract

This article discusses sanctions for and the prevention of mass violence. But rather than take a classic approach centred on statutory players such as soldiers, officers or political leaders, all of them acting within a legal chain of command, I focus on non-state perpetrators. My reflections are based on case studies of four former Serbian militiamen who took part in mass violence in the former Yugoslavia. I argue that it is of the utmost importance to consider the typical grass-roots relationship between these local players and their own community, so as to maximize the effect of sanctions and perhaps prevent further offences by potential future perpetrators.

Type
Sanctions
Information
International Review of the Red Cross , Volume 90 , Issue 870: Sanctions , June 2008 , pp. 273 - 287
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 2008

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